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TIL Google wraps its undersea fiber optic cables in Kevlar to protect them from shark bites.

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VDX0 TIL - The largest found ancient Egyptian cemetery had 54% blondes and redheads, with 87% light hair when light brown is included
yQxDw TIL of the "California Nut Crimes", including the theft of 35 truckloads of nuts worth about $10 million between 2013 - 2017.
7er TIL In order to be accepted into the Kumbai tribe, you must have a penis inversion (putting it back inside!).
kJ0DE Today I Learned about Project Orion, a project that employed Nuclear Pulse Propulsion, had the potential to travel up to 11% the speed of light, and was shelved in the 1960's.
NARe TIL In 2009 Burger King launched a campaign that if you unfriended 10 friends on Facebook you were entitled to a free whopper. The person you unfriended would get a message telling them that their friendship is worth less than a whopper.