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TIL weather forecasts are good at predicting temperatures but bad at predicting rain

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4RRb TIL during the Cuban missile crisis a Soviet Submarine came under attack from depth charges, the captain assumed WW3 had started and prepared to launch a nuclear weapon, his executive officer overruled him. It turned out the depth charges were training rounds being used to signal them to surface.
dGdE TIL that cave systems were recently discovered beneath Antarctica which are warm enough to wear t-shirts in, and in which it is said a “lost world” of new animals and plants may exist
Qjl9 TIL a “companion” is literally “a person who you eat bread with.” The word comes from Old French compaignon, from Latin com- “together with” and panis “bread”.
oRPMW TIL that an attempt was made to blackmail The Duke Of Wellington, by threatening to reveal his love affair with a prostitute in a book. Wellington just told them to go ahead and publish it.
KYZM6 TIL the U.K. Royal Mint sells ancient coins from its huge collection