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TIL the height of the Eiffel Tower varies daily by 15cm based on the temperature

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d8AlB TIL a scientist stationed in Antarctica managed to score a date through Tinder with a girl camping just 45 minutes away.
R7kD4 TIL that there is a prisoner in the UK named Robert Maudsley who has spent 40 years in solitary confinement. He killed one person and was put in prison and killed another 2 people while in prison. His cell is like the one in 'Silence of the Lambs' with Hannibal Lecter.
o9lK TIL Grover Davis survived “revolutionary suicide” at Jonestown because he was hearing impaired and missed the announcement over the loud speaker to assemble in the pavilion and drink poison.
4kavR TIL that phage therapy, a treatment using viruses to kill bacteria, was largely abandoned in the West after the discovery of antibiotics but continued to be used in the Soviet Union. Today, it's making a comeback as a potential solution to antibiotic-resistant infections.
neo4W TIL A house cat bit its owner in the middle of the night to alert the family for the house fire. The family got out in time with no injuries and the fire department confirmed the cat was partially responsible for the rescue, "Hero kitty"