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TIL we have only discovered around 10% of the creatures living in the ocean.

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dgdK TIL Elaborate fake reports of shootings, explosions and outbreaks in America have been propagated by a secretive group in St. Petersburg called the Internet Research Agency
4X505 TIL It was as recent as December 2020 that the last widow of a US Civil War soldier (fought 1861-1865) passed away.
YmeB TIL that Eve (meaning “life” in Hebrew) is made of Adam’s rib, because in Sumerian language word “nin” is a pun, meaning both “life” and “rib”. Whole story is based on Sumerian myth of Enki and Ninti living in Dilmun (Sumerian version of paradise), and pun was instrumental in translation.
kQW5 TIL that there are more museums in the U.S. than there are Starbucks and McDonalds - combined
oBdA8 TIL that there's a rare condition called spatio-temporal synesthesia where people can visualize time within space.