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TIL that bookworms are an actual thing, the term refers to a variety of insects (usually larval) that can eat paper, leather, and glue in books.

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GY5r5 TIL that South Africa is actually a country, and not actually a region used to represent the southern part of Africa.
R7WnQ TIL Toronto's CN Tower has a "Skypod", one of the highest observation platforms in the world at 447m. It is 33 additional storeys higher than the LookOut Level and visibility is up to 160 km (100 miles) away to Niagara Falls and New York State
Br06r TIL that it is impossible that a planet (On this case, planet Earth) can substain it's life if it's cut in half, exposing it's core to the vacuum of space. It would eventually do a lot of stuff, incluiding dissolving it's atmosphere and ending all life on it
PY66g TIL that before the 12th Amendment the Vice President was the Presidential candidate who won the second most votes, instead of a running mate
GYNyG TIL Andy Dick gave Phil Hartman's wife cocaine at a Christmas party, causing her to relapse. Five months later, she killed Hartman in a cocaine-fueled rage.