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TIL those maple seed "helicopters" are called samaras!

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b6RgE TIL the proud American motto “e pluribus unum”, or “out of many, one” was originally used by a Roman poet to describe pesto.
w0JP TIL there was a little ice age between 1600 and 1814. The river Thames in London used to completely freeze over for 2 months per year allowing “Frost Fairs” to take place with football pitches, bowling matches, fruit-sellers, shoemakers, barbers… even a pub or two.
vPNN7 TIL in May 2028 there is a 45% of an Einstein ring being observed when Alpha Centauri A passes in front of a distant red star, which would be the first ring observed due to gravitational lensing of a star by another star
nk67 TIL Odds of being attacked by a candiru (penis invading fish) are “about the same as being struck by lightning while simultaneously being eaten by a shark.”
Oona1 TIL of the pizza principle, which states that the price of a pizza slice will always match the price of the New York City subway fare.