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TIL 52-foot-tall 'megaripples' from dinosaur-killing asteroid are hiding under Louisiana

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4QNw TIL that the saxophone was invented only in 1846 by Adolphe Sax. As a child, he survived a three-story fall, a gunpowder explosion, drinking a bowl of sulfuric water, a near-poisoning due to furniture varnish, and falling into a speeding river. His neighbors called him “little Sax, the ghost.”
PeGZ TIL there is an island where girls turn into boys at puberty.
R7or1 TIL Manny Pacquiao became World Boxing Champion in 1998. Over 20 years later he is still World Boxing Champion with his latest victory being over an undefeated Keith Thurman who was 10 years younger.
pDJN TIL A homeless man was offered $100 or the chance to learn how to code by a stranger. He chose how to code and released an app.
BgvAy TIL that in 1980, Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore warned Australia it was on track to become the ‘poor white trash of Asia’ if it didn’t open up its economy. Australia did open its economy, thrived, and has very close and friendly relations with Singapore.