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TIL that the Great Lakes-Saint Lawrence River Basin is the largest watershed in the world by volume, containing more than 20% of the world’s supply of fresh surface water, and about 84% of North America’s.

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mxgmM TIL that former US Senator Harry Reid informed the FBI of an attempted bribe during his time as head of the Nevada Gaming Commission. He participated in the sting that implicated the would be briber and soon after, his wife found a bomb attached to her car.
AD5Lx TIL of ‘The Vanishing Lake’ in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, which fills and empties frequently but unpredictably due to unknown geological conditions. There are three streams flowing into the lake but none out. It is said that on nights when the lake is full, a ghost haunts the shoreline.
0wkjM TIL that in the 1962 World Cup, the Chilean team ate Swiss cheese before beating Switzerland, spaghetti before beating Italy, and drank vodka before beating the USSR. Then they drank coffee before their match against Brazil but lost.
09YL TIL Sriracha sauce has never been advertised. The company prefers to let the sauce’s legend spread by word of mouth.
8rLZ TIL Hafthór Björnsson (“The Mountain” from Game of Thrones) broke a 1,000-year-old record by carrying a 30-foot, 1,433-pound log for five steps