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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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m1Zev TIL A study on the "fracture and flow" of Oreo cookies exists, in which researchers tried to split apart Oreo cookies to achieve an even distribution of cream on both halves. The researchers involved dubbed the study "Oreology".
Ypp0r TIL of the death of MI6 spy Gareth Williams. Who was found dead, locked inside a bag in the bath. Police ruled the cause of death was suicide despite no fingerprints or DNA being found. A former KGB agent has since said he was killed by Russian hitmen after refusing to become a double agent.
gr1ZW TIL while writing the 1971 song "Ain't No Sunshine", Bill Withers had originally intended to write more lyrics instead of repeating the phrase "I know" 26 times, but then followed the advice of the other musicians to leave it that way. Withers said: "When they said to leave it like that, I left it."
4kp6a TIL the First Saint Patrick's Day Parade was held in America in a Spanish colony in what is now St. Augustine, Florida.
0wNny TIL that it is legal for you to discuss wages with your fellow employees under the National Labor Relations Act of 1935.