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TIL that adults have protective services too, not just kids.

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E1r0W TIL that in a Hawaiian creation myth, our universe was created from the wreckage of a previous universe, with the only survivors being octopuses.
9Yg8Q TIL about Goran Kropp. He rode a bicycle 6,000 miles from Stockholm to the base of Mount Everest in 1996 with his mountain equipment, successfully climbed it solo and without bottled oxygen, and then cycled back home.
d8evB TIL 1,000 Year Old Windmill in Iran. These amazing windmills are among the oldest in the world. Located in the Iranian town of Nashtifan, initially named Nish Toofan, or "storm's sting," the windmills have withstood winds of up to 74 miles an hour.
odbR TIL that the first indian nuclear test were so secretive that even the indian defence minister was told about it after the test were conducted
W7rMA TIL that nearly one-quarter of Manhattan is built on landfill. Notable examples include Battery Park City, constructed using material excavated during the World Trade Center’s construction, and Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, developed atop decades of coal ash and garbage dumps.