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TIL that in zero gravity, a candle’s flame is round and blue

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R7loa TIL: Martin Couney set up infant incubator shows at Coney Island, Atlantic City and World's Fairs, charging 25c to view premature babies. He offered free care for 'weakling babies', proving the success of incubators. He saved over 6,500 babies from ~1900-43.
O5GY TIL: Due to differences in calendars, it is currently 2070 in Nepal and 2006 in Ethiopia.
BLke TiL: In one season of the Dutch version of “Survivor,” the men and women were split and given their own islands. At the end of 8 days, the men had a “Cafe on the beach,” while the women were stealing from each other and had not yet built a hut; the women approved of a tribe merger.
D1Mrv TIL the UK has separate area codes just for cell phones.
ADkyw TIL the average time between a girl's first period and when she got married was 5 years in the 19th century, but in the 21st it has grown to 15 years.