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TIL that the longer the grass on the lawn (anywhere) is, the less likely it's to get frost...

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ajRA TIL British officers imprisoned in Colditz castle, an ‘escape-proof’ Nazi POW camp, tried to escape by tunneling out. They emerged instead in a German colonel’s wine cellar, where they proceeded to drink 137 bottles of wine, fill them with urine, and place them back on the shelves.
GVPQ TIL the Russian forename Vladimir/Wladimir is commonly translated as “World Peace”.
R7pO7 TIL that 'Tar and Feathering' wasn't fatal because it was done with pine tar not the asphalt type in modern times
7jgM TIL There are more Museums in America than Starbucks and McDonald’s combined.
mxPVR TIL NHL legend Maurice Richard was so beloved in Canada that he was named one of the inaugural members of the Order of Canada, had a short story written about him adapted into an animated film by the National Film Board, and was the first non-politician to be given a state funeral.