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TIL The founder of match.com, Gary Kremen, lost his girlfriend to a man she met on match.com

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d8rpZ TIL Romanian sewer workers accidentally discovered a cave which was sealed for 5.5 million years. Movile Cave is filled with evolutionary distinct exotic creatures (albino crabs, worms) which feed off sulfur-producing bacteria
VMmrp TIL that muon imaging could help save the Great Dome of Florence, and might solve the secret of how the heck Brunelleschi built it in the first place
D1P9V TIL that during the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, many black citizens, widely believed to be immune to the disease, volunteered to deal with the dead and dying as white citizens fled the city. The immunity seems to have not actually existed, and blacks died at the same rates as whites.
x6OL5 TIL that Gadgetbahn is a neologism that refers to a public transport concept that is touted as futuristic or innovative, but in practice is less feasible, reliable, and more expensive than traditional modes such as buses, trams and trains.
OwO4 TIL of the church of euthanasia. their belief is to “restore balance between humans and the remaining species on earth.” their famous slogan being “Save the Planet, Kill Yourself”