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TIL about whale fall. Where a dead dead whale or other sea creature falls to the bottom of deep ocean floor and creates an otherworldly feast bonanza for the bottom dwelling animals and nourishing a whole ecosystem

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5YXjp TIL that in 1736 the mathematician Leonhard Euler was trying to find a way to cross every single one of the seven bridges of Königsberg exactly once. He realized that this was, in fact, impossible and based on that created a new area of mathematics called Graph Theory.
64X7 TIL the FBI keeps detailed murder statistics based on race, gender, weapons and even the motive but they do not maintain statistics on killings by police or government agencies
xVjBk TIL In 2001, Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean) was travelling to Kenya when the pilot of his private plane fainted at the controls. Atkinson took over and was able to keep the plane flying. Meanwhile he slapped the pilot several times which revived him, and the plane was landed safely.
0xgp TIL that Richard I (Richard the Lionheart) only spent a handful of months within in England and most likely didn’t even speak the English Language.
ADkld TIL the state of Florida does not allow married couples to divorce while one of the partners is pregnant.