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TIL: There's a cruise ship tracker that shows all the ships around the world

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mx4Ky TIL the three men who volunteered to turn of the valve at Chernobyl, did not die shortly after, and two are still alive today.
0w4vj TIL of Christopher Knight who lived as a hermit for 27, never talking to or even meeting any other human. He survived by stealing from remote cabins, scattered in the wilderness of Maine.
QNXLk TIL that Blue Olives exist. How is it that no one considers these when searching for rare blue fruits? These put blueberries to shame in terms of colour.
XE6Zk TIL the earth's center is 2.5 years younger than the outside as a result of gravitational time dilation
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