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TIL Amazon can be quite clever. Amazon's Prime Days are July 11th and 12th. July 11th is 7/11. Both of those numbers are prime. Further, July 12th is the 193rd say of the year. That number is also prime.

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nwKo TIL the common garden snail can pass over the edge of razor blade without harm
VMeEQ TIL plants often grow more after being watered with rainwater compared to regular water. Lightning in the atmosphere produces bio-available organic compounds (nitrates and ammonium, found in fertilizers) from the inert Nitrogen gas found in air, which then get dissolved in raindrops
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7N6P TIL Hebrew essentially died between 200 and 400 CE, and was revived in 19th century Germany, now having about 9 million speakers
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