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TIL that many small spiders, insects, viruses and bacteria float 1000’s of feet above the ground. They are guided by the atmosphere, and are the terrestrial analogue to ocean plankton.

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EgDmp TIL about Hiranyakashipu. A asura king from Hindu mythology who was blessed to be unkillable by deva, human or animal, at day or night, indoors or outdoors, on earth or space or by any weapon. He was killed by an incarnation of Vishnu who managed to kill him without violating his blessing.
xV1Pk TIL Holy Land USA is an abandoned Christian theme park where a teenage girl was murdered
9w0JG TIL Kasane Teto, a virtual singer software created on the Japanese textboard 2channel for April Fools' Day, 2008. Initially conceived as a hoax by users who planned to make a fake Vocaloid character, it was eventually developed into a real product. She was introduced as a "diva born from a hoax".
6RRw TIL Coconuts and coconut cultivation are so old, we don’t know where on Earth they originated
7r9vL TIL Margaret Thatcher's son, Mark, was convicted of a 2004 coup d'etat in Equatorial Guinea.