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TIL it costs less than a dollar to charge your phone all year

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9YNn6 TIL Wilson won the Critics’ Choice Award “Best Inanimate Object” for his role in Cast Away
j61kv TIL In certain situations (the conditions of which are still up for debate) warm water has been observed to freeze faster than cold water, as the result of what is known as the Mpemba effect. These observations go far back enough to be traced to claims by ancient philosopher Aristotle.
wLPJ TIL that Switzerland has no single Head of State, and instead has a seven-member executive council which serves as the Swiss collective head of state.
jdGX TIL that in 1586 a pregnant widow wrote a letter to her partner, who had died at the age of 30. This was found by archaeologists in South Korea in 1998, intact with the man’s mummified body and a pair of sandals woven from hemp and the woman’s hair.
MrrB TIL Candid Camera host Allen Funt was once on a flight that was hijacked and flown to Cuba. Because everyone on the plane recognized him they thought it was part of a stunt and did not realise the danger they were in and started enjoying themselves and gave the hijacker a standing ovation.