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TIL that a snowflake begins as a speck of dust and is not just purely water based.

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jNEEv TIL some trucks in North Korea are powered by burning charcoal because the price of oil is too high for most citizens.
NpKN TIL An elephant’s digestive system produces enough methane gas each day to propel an automobile twenty miles.
6ENO7 TIL, the Lead-crime hypothesis explains that the crime wave from 1970-1995 was mainly due to two generations being exposed to lead
NGOQ TIL that ice was shipped from Boston around the world. Frederick Tudor, who basically had a monopoly on the trade, became known as “The Ice King” and was one of the wealthiest people in the world.
QNrVe TIL Holly Woodlawn became one of the first people to say the word 'cunt' in a film, Women in Revolt (1971).