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TIL the arctic vortex hitting the U.S., and the drought in California are caused by unusually warm water temperatures near the Gulf of Alaska.

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691Z TIL that movie theaters have been banned in Saudi Arabia since the 1980s.
Z8rjv TIL - Japanese Beer maker Asahi makes elderly friendly beer cans that are smaller, with braille, a larger fingerhole and a pressurized can to have the tab elevated from the top. They're also left at shrines to friends and family that have passed.
pnJG TIL astronaut David Scott dropped a hammer and a feather on the moon, repeating Galileo’s gravity experiment
N7ldM TIL that under the British Rule, the Queen is a higher value playing card than the King, as the value of the cards changes dependent upon the sex of the current monarch.
R1ga TIL that surfers and other water-sport athletes commonly develop a bony outgrowth (exostosis) in their ear canals that requires surgery