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TIL that Bill Gates' father is still alive at 93 years old and is 6'6in tall

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V7wQ TIL that the deepest layer of the ocean, the hadopelagic zone, is named after the realm of Hades, the Greek underworld. This ranges from 6000m (3.7 miles) deep, down to the very lowest reaches. Populations are sparsest here, and are believed to be sustained by marine snow and thermal vents.
ZpLeD TIL the captain of US Airways Flight 1549 stated "What a view of the Hudson today" after takeoff, less than a minute before striking birds and being forced to land in the Hudson river
nWjBd TIL A Carthaginian peace is when the losing side is punished to the point it is crippled. The Treaty of Versailles was described by some economists as a Carthaginian peace and there were plans to cripple West Germany after WW2 but the Marshall Plan to rebuild was chosen instead.
D4xJ TIL in 2011 researchers let 100 paper planes go 23 miles above Germany. Some have since been found in Canada, USA, Australia and South Africa.
YP1v TIL That up to 80% of women in Pakistani prisons are there because they were charged with adultery for being raped