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TIL There are fossils of marine life found on top of Himalayan mountains.

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N5dJ TIL that after Hitler ordered the deportation of Denmarks Jewish population, Danish citizens organized a massive evacuation of the Jews to neutral Sweden, despite the risks. In the end, 99% of Danish Jews survived the Holocaust
rDod TIL in Titanic, Jack and Rose could both have survived if Rose took off her lifejacket and put it under the plank. It wasn’t a question of room, but buoyancy, and the lifejacket would have given the needed buoyancy for them both to survive. Some ingenuity would have saved them.
e0N8E TIL about the Cremasteric Reflex which causes testicles to move around like they’re alive.
dD5Qr TIL Michael Keaton's real name is Michael Douglas. When he moved to Los Angeles, there was already an actor named Michael Douglas, so Keaton flipped through a phone book until he saw the name Keaton and decided to make it his stage name.
woexP TIL of the mud dauber, a family of wasps that creates nest out of dried mud. 176 people were killed in a plane crash believed to have been caused by a nest in a pitot tube, leading to faulty speed readings