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TIL fiber-optic internet cables on the sea floor has to be wrapped in kevlar to protect them from shark bites

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7rZ6b TIL about Rachel Carson, author of Silent Spring (1962). The book accused the chemical industry of spreading disinformation on the harmful effects of pesticides. The book is credited with inspiring the environmental movement, leading to the formation of the U.S Environmental Protection Agency
dD6lQ TIL that from 2010 to 2017, for every 5 new residents in the State of California, only 1 new unit of housing was built
XEQ96 TIL the oldest and at one point most influential British merchant bank was destroyed in 1995 when an employee made a safe bet that stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange wouldn't drop, one day before the Kobe Earthquake.
e0b0E TIL that Willard's voice-overs for Apocalypse Now weren't performed by Martin Sheen, but by his brother Joe Estevez.
Kr7w TIL - When introducing Golf to India, the British were angered by monkeys running onto the course & playing with their balls. When all attempts to stop the monkeys failed, they decided the game needed to adapt. To do so they introduced a new rule: “Play the ball where the monkey drops it.”