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TIL: Around 106 tsunamis are observed in the Great Lakes each year! (although many are too small to notice)

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4GM5 TIL termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
xnPg TIL of “Yasuke” the first recorded foreign born samurai in Japan from the 16th century. He was a black man from Mozambique and would have been extremely tall at the time. It was reported he had the strength of 10 men.
4kdy6 TIL that 61% of US troops killed in Vietnam were under the age of 21. The overall average age was 23.
kJ7ed TIL the Sugar Research Foundation (SRF) paid three Harvard scientists $50,000 (in 2016 dollars) to do a 1967 literature review that overlooked the role of sugar in heart disease. SRF set an objective for the review, funded it and reviewed drafts before it was published.
ANPDo TIL that, despite using the same alphabet (Hangul), North Korea and South Korea order the letters differently, with NK placing new letters at the end of the alphabet and SK grouping similar letters together