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TIL one year of fossil-fueled space rocket launches creates as much black carbon as the global aviation industry in the same period.

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5Yr0P TIL of the amazing life of Josiah Henson, who walked 900 miles, with his wife and children, to escape slavery. He founded a colony in Canada and helped 118 others to freedom, and was the inspiration for the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
grxeb TIL: About the West European tradition of ‘Telling the bees’
R7nl6 TIL that Iceland's goalkeeper earns most of his money as a filmmaker. Saving penalties from Messi is just a hobby.
NAEN TIL That a species of Squid has been observed to leap from the ocean and use pressurized water jets to achieve flight, going as far as 98 feet!
6EpMl TIL that one of the rarest fish in the world is the Devils Hole Pupfish. They are only found in Devils Hole a water filled cavern in Nevada and are critically endangered with only 136 fish left in the wild.