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TIL that while there are theories, we do not know conclusively why ice is slippery

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e0RML TIL One of the most probable characteristics of the golden state killer that helped to his arrest is his victims' statements about his exceptionally small penis.
DQmnJ TIL Peruvian lilies are false lilies and aren’t toxic to cats
Bg41K TIL Cubesats are a standardized system for small satellites, making launch and deployment easier.
GYbdj TIL: Scotland's Duncraig station was grudgingly re-opened 11 years after it was closed because local train drivers simply refused to accept that it had been closed.
7rlwb TIL there was a practice called Posthumous Execution where a dead body was mutilated as punishment. It was performed to show that even in death, one cannot escape justice. Eg. Vlad the Impaler was beheaded following his assassination, Rasputin was exhumed from the ground and burned with gasoline.