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TIL The original Hamilton actors that played John Laurens/Phillip Hamilton and Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds are engaged in real life

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awNKA TIL The Boreal Chickadee adapts to cold climate by lowering its body temperature from 108°F (42°C) to 85°F (29°C) in order to conserve their fat storage.
vrvK TIL there is a sound effect of a woman on a police radio that has been used in countless movies,tv shows, videos games etc and nobody knows where it originated from or who the woman is.
rR7Oy TIL that about 1 percent of the static on fm radio's and old crt analog TV's is caused by radio waves generated during the big bang. You can literally listen to or watch the birth of the universe.
nerkr TIL In 1958, the US Air Force lost a nuclear bomb in the waters near Savannah, Georgia that has still not been found.