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TIL Sheep smell different after they are sheered and do not recognize each other afterward

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Oo11X TIL ice, water, and vapour can coexist under a specific condition known as the triple point where water can freeze, melt and boil at the same time.
dMld TIL there is a group of people who believe that the earth is hollow, and are planning an expedition to prove it.
GYdLQ TIL the main cause of "soft errors" in computer memory is cosmic rays. Systems buried in caves have a negligible rate of cosmic-ray induced soft errors; computers on mountains have a far higher error rate than at sea level; and the rate of errors in aircraft can be over 300 times the sea level rate
j6ReE TIL History of paper clips
0w8YA TIL, Joseph Beyrle, an American Paratrooper, fought for both the US and the Soviet Union in WW2. He was captured in Normandy, sent to a POW Camp, escaped, joined the Red Army and liberated the camp he had just escaped from. He later met Marshal Zhukov and won the Purple Heart for his Service.