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TIL Canadians pronounce the letter Z "zed." Moreover, I come to find out Americans are the ONLY ones who pronounce it like "zee."

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rRLo TIL that Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw (Zero Punctuation) was offered the chance to write the script for Duke Nukem Forever, but his script was rejected due to the fact that it was “too out there” and didn’t match Duke Nukem’s “tone”.
Yp5kG TIL about Rosie the Ribiter, the American Bullfrog that holds the record for longest frog jump with a leap of 21 ft, 5 in in 1986. The prize for anybody to beat the record stands at $5000 USD
BrKdr TIL that some trees can survive temperatures as low as -269 degree Celsius. They have evolved a supercooling method where the insides of their cells turn into glass. Its a kind of suspended animation where the molecules don't really move.
b6ky7 TIL that about 30 scientists and staff of the Pavlovsk Experimental Station starved to death guarding the institute's edible seeds and plants during the siege of Leningrad
EgEB7 TIL Puppy Water was a moisturising cosmetic used in 1600’s, the recipe was Sallet Oil 4 pound, 2 Puppy-dogs newly whelped, Earthworms washed in white Wine 1 pound; boil the Whelps til they fall in pieces then put in the worms a while after strain it, add 3 ounces of Cypress Turpentine.