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TIL that Cloudflare (a security Internet company) use a wall of lavalamps called LavaRand to help create a totally random number to be used as seed in cryptographic algorithms

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VBm6D TIL the deepest known blue hole (underwater sinkhole) in the world is called the Taam Ja' Blue Hole and is in Mexico's Chetumal Bay. It's been measured to 1,378 feet (420 meters) deep, although scientists still haven't found the bottom.
9Y6D TIL that there is a book sequel to Forrest Gump in which Forrest helps develop New Coke, crashes the Exxon Valdez, helps destroy the Berlin Wall, meets Tom Hanks, and fights in Operation Desert Storm with an orangutan named Sue
g8J4 TIL a woman in Mexico performed a successful Caesarean section on herself without any medical training.
PxGn TIL In his late 70’s and until he died, Gandhi slept with two naked 18 year old girls. One was his grandniece.
kOERW TIL that actress Margaret Hamilton, best known for terrifying multiple generations as the Wicked Witch of the West, was a former kindergarten teacher who used her fame to benefit children, animals, and public education for the rest of her life. She was described as very kind and great with kids.