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TIL that female lumberjacks are called lumberjills.

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rRn81 TIL that early refrigerating systems would use toxic substances like sulphur dioxide, ammonia and methyl chloride as coolants. Methyl chloride was also a gas used during WW1
gMjG8 TIL that the world's oceans/seas can and often do have distinct NATURAL borders (clines). Not just nebulous boundaries drawn on maps, large bodies of water can differ so greatly in substance & salinity that there can be a distinct, vivid line between even WHOLE OCEANS, e.g Pacific vs. Atlantic!
VZvZ TIL the typical American lives no more than 18 miles from their mom.
mxElo TIL of Ching Shih, a woman that controlled a pirate fleet of 300 ships and around 40,000 men off the coast of China during the 1800's.
d8dJ8 TIL that Paul Cambon, the French ambassador in London from 1898-1920, didn't learn a word of English during his 22 year posting, and insisted during meetings that every utterance be translated into French, including easily recognized words such as ‘yes’.