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TIL the Great Frost of 1709 is the coldest year of the last 500 with daily temperatures 7°C below 20th century averages.

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rNlA4 TIL the phrase "Bucket List" entered common usage only after the 2007 film. It was coined by screenwriter Justin Zackham, whose list's first item was to "get a film made at a major studio". This list gave him the idea for the screenplay, and The Bucket List became his first studio film.
neLo9 TIL sandollars are the skeletons of flattened sea urchins
LQvlV TIL that the inventor of the Pringles can, Fred Baur, was so proud of his creation that he requested to be buried in one. When he passed away in 2008, his family honored his request by placing part of his cremated remains in a Pringles can.
XE7nQ TIL that the Church of Satan doesn't believe Satan exists and bases their beliefs on secular and atheistic views.
neN49 TIL It's National Do Nothing Day. A day to not celebrate, observe or honor anything