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TIL of the Challenger expedition which catalogued over 4,000 previously unknown species. John Murray, who supervised the publication, described the report as "the greatest advance in the knowledge of our planet since the celebrated discoveries of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries"

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VBRE8 TIL I learned that the the town of Boring (Oregon, US) established relationship with village of Dull (Scotland, UK) in 2012; the following year they were joined with the Shire of Bland (New South Wales, AU) to form the League of Extraordinary Communities.
9w0eM TIL during the 2010 Copiapó mining accident, 33 miners were trapped underground for 69 days after a cave-in, one of the miners created a makeshift radio from mining equipment, which allowed the miners to communicate with rescuers and maintain morale during the ordeal.
ZG0Y TIL Blue’s Clues was one of the first shows to use software like Media 100, Photoshop and After Effects to do their animation, and were able to produce episodes four times faster than traditional methods as a result, surprising even Adobe themselves
WQMd TIL that in 1981 DC police ignored repeated 911 calls and allowed 3 women to be raped. The womens resulting lawsuit was dismissed, setting a precedent that the police have no duty to assist, even if the emergency dispatcher says help is on the way.
BgJGK TIL of needlefish which live in both salty and fresh water and are known to leap onto boats, stabbing people with their long, pointy beak, causing serious injuries and even fatalities.