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TIL an app exists where you can call and wake up strangers.

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Ypodd TIL that Mt. Washington in New Hampshire claims to have "the world's worst weather," averaging 110 days per year with hurricane-force winds and the record for wind speed not associated with a tornado or tropical cyclone (231 mph)
oRmNo TIL that the phrase “Immaculate Conception” refers not to the belief that Mary became pregnant as a virgin, but to the belief that she was conceived without the “original sin” described in the book of Genesis that everyone else is born with.
mxovP TIL the "Roman" in "Times New Roman" refers to the fact that the characters aren't italicized or bold
VBGg4 TIL that all of the rubber in a car tyre is one single molecule.
KXb6 TIL There Is An Organization That Preserves The Night Sky by Fighting Light Pollution, and Bill Nye is the Newest Ambassador!