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TIL that ice cave was coined by Edwin Swift Balch in 1900, and the three main temperature mechanisms are cold traps, permafrost and evaporative cooling. These mechanisms finally result in the cave temperature being colder than surface and then ice cave is formed.

by whatilearned September 8, 2022, 12:52 am

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TIL Paris, Texas has its’ own Eiffel Tower, which is wearing a red cowboy hat. It is a scale model, standing at 65 feet tall.

by whatilearned September 7, 2022, 11:42 pm

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TIL that Vicks Vapor Inhaler, a nasal spray, is “L-methemphetamine”, an isomer of the powerful psychoactive drug D-methemphetamine.

by whatilearned September 7, 2022, 11:15 pm

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TIL that in South Africa traffic lights are called “robots”

by whatilearned September 7, 2022, 10:28 pm

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TIL Ari Emanuel, the talent agent who Ari Gold of Entourage is based on, is a co-CEO of UFC.

by whatilearned September 7, 2022, 10:22 pm

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TIL that Julia Child started off working for the OSS (proto-CIA), where she helped develop a shark repellent

by whatilearned September 7, 2022, 10:00 pm

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TIL of the Mawza Exile of 1679 in which the Jews of Yemen were expelled to the desert of Mawza to die of exposure. After 1 year, the exiles were recalled to their homes to resume their work as the remaining Yemeni population was deprived of their usual goods and services during the exile.

by whatilearned September 7, 2022, 9:26 pm

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TIL that while Canada is the 2nd largest country on earth, over 90% of Canada’s population resides within 150 miles of the US border.

by whatilearned September 7, 2022, 9:10 pm

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TIL: Antarctica is the largest desert in the world. A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life.

by whatilearned September 7, 2022, 8:43 pm

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TIL that even the tiny, urbanised nation of Monaco supports a small agriculture sector.

by whatilearned September 7, 2022, 8:07 pm

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TIL that in 1909 the entire town of Ulysses, Kansas was relocated 3 miles west to escape their debts

by whatilearned September 7, 2022, 7:18 pm

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TIL the Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca was so terrifying to Rome that they would use the phrase “Hannibal is at the gates” whenever disaster struck. When the romans finally defeated Hannibal, they built statues of him in the streets of Rome to advertise their defeat of such a worthy adversary.

by whatilearned September 7, 2022, 6:46 pm

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