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TIL that the boy from Spy Kids is married to Meghan Trainor

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0kQL TIL that the formation of American English (an American accent) is a result of European colonists attempting to communicate with Native Americans.
LQGr TIL that more than half of the Apples harvested worldwide are grown in China. And while the U.S. ranks second it grows only 6 percent.
lopyK TIL that python 3 rounds 16.5 to 16 which is mathematical rounding. This feels quite counterintuitive when you have learned bankers rounding early in school. Bankers rounding is apperently biased towards the bigger number so mathematical rounding makes more sense for greater amounts of data.
p8m6O TIL that Russians call roller coasters "American Mountains" even though roller coaster are called "Russian Mountains" in many languages around the world
4kKew TIL Flammable ice is a naturally forming material. Ice can form clathrate, a structure that traps gas, and can become 13.4% methane by weight. This flamable ice is largely trapped offshore and there are test drilling projects to extract the trillions of cubic meters of gas.