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TIL that there is more water in the vapor and clouds above the Amazon rainforest than there is in the Amazon river

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groRW TIL that there was a restaurant on The Titanic, provided for first class passengers, who wanted to avoid dining with other first class passengers.
vPex4 TIL: about "My Very Dear Wife" - The Last Letter of Major Sullivan Ballou, during the American Civil War July 14th 1861
KOOeE For a while, yes, but you will eventually run into nutritional deficiencies.
OolB4 TIL of the HMS Hercule. Originally a French 74-gun battleship. She was captured on her maiden voyage less than 24 hours at sea, spending the rest of her career with the British Navy.
w6W8 TIL that in 1978 a lone pilot flying in Australia reported to air traffic control that he was being accompanied by an aircraft above him. Asked to identify the aircraft, he radioed “It isn’t an aircraft”. His plane disappeared and has never been found.