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TIL that a National Geographic photographer shipped 15 tons of equipment to Siberian lake for a single story. Six pictures were used.

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9wwpB TIL the Boeing 747 can carry an extra engine on its wing. Airlines used to use this capability regularly, when engines were less reliable, to deliver replacements to their stranded planes.
b9KL0 TIL the inventors of Cookie Dough Bites originally wanted to come up with healthier food options for movie theatre goers. When they weren't successful, they started experimenting with candy and developed Cookie Dough Bites.
epBrD TIL about Absolute Music, music that is not explicitly "about" anything. The debate over whether music has, or ought to have, extramusical meaning, has been subject to debate since at least the 19th century.
xpww TIL that “Three days after Hurricane Katrina struck, authorities blocked the road that connects the city of Gretna to New Orleans. Thousands of evacuees say they were prevented from escaping the flooding and chaos, and that shots were fired over their heads.”
aw8mJ TIL wealth and power cause brain damage that effects empathy and being able to see things from other's point of view.