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TIL AirPods’ batteries only last about 18 months

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W7XYN TIL that scientists use measurements collected by seals swimming under the sea ice with temporary satellite tags to study polynya (an area of unfrozen sea water surrounded by ice)
exd5 TIL that, as a fraction of their income, Americans spend less on food than residents of any other country.
ROX4 TIL Mikhail Gorbachev, the final Leader of the Soviet Union, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 for “his leading role in the peace process”
5V85n TIL if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
V8bB TIL the African Clawed Frog provided the first well-documented method of detecting pregnancy in women. Injecting urine from a pregnant woman into a frog resulted in the frog laying eggs shortly after.