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TIL the Amazon rainforest was the result and product of centuries of indigenous soil management rather than naturally formed as previously supposed.

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4kaR TIL that suicide rates aren’t highest among teens or young adults, but the elderly in their seventies/eighties
1G0d TIL there was a man still alive in 1963 who had viewed Abraham Lincoln in an open casket.
LQQpr TIL that the Grease was originally a play based on the writer's teen years in Chicago, and the male characters were toughs with Polish surnames. The toughs were made more likeable when the play went to New York and became a musical, and the Polish influence was toned down for the movie.
4k8ro TIL that Schrödinger (famous for his "Schrödinger's cat" thought experiment) participated in a polygamous relationship with 2 other women. This relationship created a problem with work positions in universities in England and the US.
v67B TIL a man rode a jetski over the brink of the Niagra Falls to promote awareness for the homeless. His parachute did not open and he ended up promoting better parachutes. He plunged to his death and his body was never recovered. An Egyptian tourist captured a amazing image.