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Today I Learned that one can approximate the current temperature (in Fahrenheit) by counting cricket chirps for 14 seconds, then add 40.

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nbNW TIL the Olsen twins are not identical twins, but rather fraternal twins who look identical
Y76Vv TIL The song "Happy Days Are Here Again" was recorded on the same day that the stock market crashed in 1929.
new57 TIL that the Bucket Orchid flower attracts orchid bees with a scent, & traps them in their “bucket”, the only escape is through a space where the flower grips the bee and glues pollen packets to their back to produce more bucket orchids.
LQkVp TIL that the holes on the electrical prongs of plugs don't actually serve any function - companies that make them save a bit of metal from each plug by creating these holes. People nowadays also expect to see these holes which is another reason companies continue to produce plug prongs with holes.
QN05L TIL in 1982 for a film named Fitzcarraldo, director Werner Herzog had the cast drag a 30-ton steamship over a steep hill: to depict real life events. Under the threat of death, Carlos Fitzcarrald forced indigenous workers to transport a 320 ton ship over a mountain to get to another river in 1894.