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

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jNmmv TIL that in 1970 a grass roots organization known as the Committee to End Pay Toilets in America was launched by mathematician Ira Gessel due to his frustrations over public pay toilets'. He was largely successful in pressuring city councils, lik Chicagos to eliminate the condition to pay for relief
JYva1 TIL in the past century, every year at least one Belgian has died from World War 1 or World War 2 ordinance being accidentally detonated
BnWK TIL Blue food coloring has been shown to improve recovery from spinal cord injury when injected into the spine of rats.
mx60Y TIL that a 366 feet tall spherical dome is being built in Las Vegas, it will have an indoor seating capacity of 17,500 and a fully programmable LED exterior
69yRQ TIL about Cargill, the largest company in the USA, that NGO Mighty Earth called "Three worst company in the world" that drives "the most important problems facing our world"