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TIL: Ice worms are living creatures that melt if they get too warm.

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dvXj TIL - The French proposed the use of ‘Decimal’ time, with 10 hours in a day, and 100 minutes in an hour, etc.
pY5Ab TIL Olivia Colman's real name is Sarah Sinclair (née Colman). She had to adopt a different stage name when she began working professionally because Equity (the UK actors' union) already had an actress named Sarah Colman.
yQMxl TIL the CN Tower in Toronto gets hit by lightning strikes at least 75 times a year
QNk1k TIL that Dutch national holidays do not guaranty a day off work.
a5RM TIL that in 1978, over 500 silent films were discovered buried in the Yukon permafrost, including footage of the scandalous 1919 World Series.