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TIL that a robotic exploration of Loch Ness found a sunken Loch Ness monster movie prop

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AD0md TIL Kodak discovered the US was testing atomic bombs because the corn husks used for packing material were fogging film because they had been exposed to radiation.
Y7pVZ TIL around Jesus' time, Nazareth had a population of around 400. Now it's close to 80,000.
MeXQK Today I learned most of the world’s oxygen comes from the ocean and not from trees.
epgGE TIL that singer Katy Perry, who grew up in a strict religious household, was not allowed to eat Lucky Charms cereal as a kid as the word "luck" reminded her mother of Lucifer, and she was also required to call deviled eggs "angeled eggs".
OBP6 TIL you should look away from your computer every 20 min. and gaze at something 20 ft. away from you for 20 sec. to help with computer eye strain - called the “20-20-20 rule”