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TIL Theres only 6 full-time skywriters in the world

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NXjlM TIL that alpacas hum, especially when young. They hum to signal distress, but also when they're curious or happy.
ney6d TIL that Napoleon's first language was not French. He grew up speaking Corsican and Italian and did not learn French until age 10. Throughout his life he spoke French with a heavy Corsican/Italian accent and never mastered French spelling.
5pKp TIL sea level rise is attributed to ice melting on land, not ice melting on the sea. Like a glass of water with ice; the volume doesn’t change when it melts, so we need to beware of Greenland and Antarctica’s ice melting.
EgJN0 TIL that nuts and bolts weren't always standardised, but once were all individual.
rRRdo TIL that polar bears and penguins never meet in the wild, as they live exclusively in opposite poles. (North and south respectively)