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TIL that the Gulf of Mexico has a dead zone: an area of hypoxic (less than 2 ppm dissolved oxygen) waters, which supports fewer organisms and has been linked to massive fish kills and can cover up to 6,000-7,000 square miles (9656-11265 square kilometers) at the mouth of the Mississippi River

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YpEVG TIL If certain kind of music (such as Icelandic hymns) brings you goosebumps, you may have the ability to experience intense emotions which is because there are differences in your brain structure (Brain connectivity reflects human aesthetic responses to music)
rRaxy TIL That Stanley Kubrick made 2001: A Space Odyssey the same time the novel was being written. Both Arthur C. Clarke and Kubrick worked on the novel together, but eventually, only Clarke was listed as the author.
9w4jG TIL of the Tlatelolco massacre, a student protest that led to hundreds of deaths and thousands of people being injured, after the mexican government had snipers firing at the Mexican Armed Forces to make it appear the protest had turned violent and justify the massacre
0xWj TIL that MLK said civil rights’ biggest enemy wasn’t racist folks like the KKK, but the “white moderate,” who is “more devoted to ‘order’ than to justice” and “constantly says: 'I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action.’”
Ya9B TIL the discoverer of the Titanic found evidence of ancient habitation beneath the Black Sea, suggesting a flood of “biblical” proportions.