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TIL Chilean sea bass was nearly fished into extinction after its appearance in the lunch scene in Jurassic Park.

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awwZ9 TIL of the quietest place on earth is an anechoic chamber at Orfield Laboratories, where one can sit in complete darkness and silence: producing hallucinogenic feelings like hearing your body’s internal sounds, including heartbeat, and having a heightened self awareness.
m1ldY TIL Buildings cover less of Britain than the land revealed when the tide goes out
nEEb TIL in 1989, a small capsule, originally a part of a measurement device, containing highly radioactive caesium-137 was found inside the concrete wall of a Kramatorsk apartment building. By the time it was discovered, 6 residents of the building died from leukemia and 17 received doses of radiation.
5VYPn TIL That both actors who played Col. Blake on MAS*H died one day apart of heart attacks
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