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TIL Stephen Hillenburg, creator of Spongebob Squarepants, taught marine biology for three years before he pursued his dream of becoming an animator.

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16yB4 TIL that Spain sold its remaining Pacific possessions to the newly formed German Empire in 1899 after Spain's defeat with the US in the Spanish-American War
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