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TIL Vulcan Point is an island on a lake, on an island on a lake, on an island.

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mxo1R TIL that cows have best friends. In a study to identify factors affecting milk yields, researchers noticed that cows form attachments to specific individuals in their herd. When these cows are together, indicators of stress in both noticeably reduce.
VB4VG TIL that helicopters don’t just fall like a rock if the engine fails, they can perform something called “autorotation,” where the rotor blades keep spinning due to air rushing up through them as the helicopter falls
KOZ4R TIL that the dust storm that sets off the events in the film "The Martian" isn't plausible because the atmosphere on Mars is about 1% as dense as Earth's and the winds in the strongest Martian storms top out at about 60 miles per hour, unlikely to tip or rip apart major mechanical equipment.
roeW TIL the average Buzzfeed article is written at only a 4th grade level
P1l0G TIL the mayor of Knox County, TN is a 7 foot tall WWE wrestler known as Kane