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How is it that we didn't know why the ocean was salty until 1979? National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Bob Ballard explains why such a basic question remained a mystery for so long—and where his team finally found the answer.

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rNmX4 TIL Pandora's box was actually a storage jar rather than a literal box. The Greek word pithos was mistranslated as "box" in sixteenth century translations of the tale and 'Pandora's box' stuck
OGJd7 TIL the exact ingredients of herbs and spices used to flavour vermouth are kept secret by manufacturers
mxgdo TIL that since the beginning of time no two deck of cards have been in the same order after randomly shuffling them.
e0xAJ TIL humans dont actually have five senses, we have other senses like balance, heat, pain and the passage of time. Humans actually have at least 14 senses.