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TIL that ice makes a sound as it melts (after holding my ear real close to the bore of a water bottle ╰(´∇`)╯)

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wLaoM TIL the $150 million fundraised by Band Aid in 1984 (where the famous song "Do They Know It's Christmas" comes from), which was meant to help famine-struck Ethiopia, actually lead to more deaths since it was given to the corrupt government who used the money to prolong the famine and civil war.
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