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TIL the fog that covers San Fransisco has a name, Karl. It has Twitter and Instagram accounts, each with a couple hundred thousand followers.

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4aJw TIL that in England, less than 1% of the population owns 70% of the land. The dukes and earls (as well as the Queen herself) who own much of this land largely trace lineage to William the Conqueror, who invaded the country in 1066.
gpDb TIL Using only an aluminum can, water, a stirring rod, and thermometers you can measure the elevation of clouds from your location in this simple experiment
G9eQ TIL The transliteration of the name “Jesus” from Hebrew to English is “Joshua”. “Jesus” is the English derivative of Jesus’ Greek name. Mary would have called her son “Joshua”.
476g TIL about Navy Seal who survived being shot 27 times, only 11 hit his armor. He then walked back to the helicopter. Later he did a half-Ironman competition
kPGe TIL Balding at age 21, Sean Connery was wearing a toupee in all his Bond films