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TIL soapy water can solve the ‘connect the towns’ puzzle in seconds, connecting four posts with the minimum possible 'road length’ between them, thanks to it’s tendency to minimize it’s free energy.

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rN4KM TIL there have been at least 600 polar bears that have made the swim/ice drift to Iceland since the settlement of the island.
QNJRk TIL Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railway line in the world
GXeN TIL that the state drink of Indiana is water.
nWEgo TIL that the intro to 1984 song “People Are People” by Depeche Mode was created by taking kitchen utensils, such as pots and pans, throwing them down the stairs, recording the sounds, and then looping the sounds.
W7erN TIL Trailerizing is the common technique where movie trailers use an old pop song and keep the lyrics, but make it slower and moodier. Viewers, otherwise disengaged, will be pulled in to the new movie trailer by the familiar lyrics