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

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QKVe TIL that there have been multiple reports of sightings of gigantic bipedal frogs in Loveland, Ohio.
ObNX TIL that the NES, SNES, N64, and GameCube were all released for the same list price in North America: $199
mxgPE TIL in psychology and behavioral economics, the endowment effect is the finding that people are more likely to retain an object they own than acquire that same object when they do not own it.
1awOW TIL of Bob Jones University - a Protestant college in Greenville, SC that lost its tax-exempt status due to racial discrimination, and chose to pay millions in taxes rather than change its policies regarding interracial dating.
mxaOO TIL about Bir Tawil, the only place on Earth that is habitable and is not claimed by any recognised government