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TIL Using only an aluminum can, water, a stirring rod, and thermometers you can measure the elevation of clouds from your location in this simple experiment

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xam0 TIL that Gary Oldman would have played General Grievous in Star Wars Episode III, but he relinquished the role when he found out George Lucas was using non-union actors.
0wVLM TIL that natural gas was discovered serendipitously around 500 BC in China. Bamboo pipelines were used to transport the gas, which was used to boil salt water to extract salt.
gM0WD TIL about the oldest known song in human history, “Hurrian Hymn no. 6”, dating back to a 1400 BC Sumerian clay tablet
69GoX TIL that Pluto was named by an 11 year old girl named Venetia Burney Phair
1JM4 TIL the “rain room” in London, makes rain fall everywhere in the room except the spot your standing.