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TIL about the Cowbird Mafia that destroy the eggs of smaller birds that refuse to raise cowbird eggs

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4kMjN TIL about the Zanclean flood: 5.33 Mya the dried-up Mediterranean Sea completely refilled within months, after being cut-off from the Atlantic for 630,000 years (Messinian salinity crisis). The waters broke through the Strait of Gibraltar at 1,000x the rate of the Amazon!
XEl9k TIL: Operating a gas-powered leaf blower for 1hr produces as much NOx as driving a 2016 Camry for 1,000 miles
XEbRR TIL the original reason why umbrella handles are curved is to make it easier for servants to hold the umbrella at an angle to shield their employer
mxgkY TIL of the weird, dangerous, and isolated life of the saturation diver where a job might require the diver to stay isolated for weeks in a pressurized metal tube, up to 1000 feet below the surface of the ocean.
Oo76g TIL In Clash Of The Titans (1981) Movie, Kraken is not part of the greek Mythology but is Norwegian.