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TIL crevices and crevasses aren’t the same thing. A crevice forms in rock, but a crevasse forms in ice.

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R7dnQ TIL that a day on Venus lasts longer than a year on Venus (it takes 243 days for it to rotate on itself and 225 to complete its revolution)
kJo0g TIL of the Carolina Parakeet, which was once native to the US and went extinct in the 1910s. It lived as far north as New York and Wisconsin and as far west as Colorado
GYpNJ TIL Australian athlete, Peter Norman, is only now being recognised for his brave actions in the 1968 Olympics. “I’ll stand with you”, he said to Tommie Smith and John Carlos as they raised their fists in one of the most powerful images of all time. However, the Olympic committee ostracised him.
bMR7 TIL Eminem tried killing himself in 1997 after he was fired from his job and couldn’t afford a gift for his daughter.
0wwN TIL: that a group of developers spent 8 years Recreating Streets Of Rage. The game had over 100 levels, 19 playable characters, and 76 remixed songs. Sega shut it down a week after it was released.