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TIL that the city of Holland, Michigan uses a system of underground pipes to heat streets and sidewalks, keeping them clear of snow.

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D1aXV TIL ants will refuse “medical” help from their colony if they know they are mortally wounded. Rather than waste the colony’s resources and energy on futile rehabilitation, the wounded ant flails its legs forcing help to abandon them.
NoYQ TIL that horror/supernatural writer Anne Rice’s birth name was Howard Allen Frances O'Brien. Her parents changed it at age six, it after she introduced herself in school to a nun as “Anne,” a name she found pretty, rather than give her birth name out of embarrassment.
6ErL7 TIL THE FOUNDER OF MATCH.COM LOST HIS GIRLFRIEND TO SOMEONE ON MATCH.COM
M6aK TIL that due to decades of fire prevention leading to an increase in fuel for forest fires, Smokey Bear has actually helped make forest fires more dangerous than otherwise
VMdLZ TIL: If you gently press the bottom right corner of your eyeball through the eyelid, you see a little dark spot in the top left of your vision. This is because we see the world upside down, but our brain translate it so it looks right side up to us.