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TIL about the triple point of water, where under specific conditions it can boil and freeze simultaneously.

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ADPlo TIL a pair of Miami DJ's prank called Fidel Castro in 2003. They pretended to be Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to get Castro on the line, and had a brief chat before telling Castro he had been fooled. Castro responded with a brief verbal tirade. The radio station was later fined $4,000