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TIL that 12 people have walked on the moon but only 3 people have been to the bottom of the Mariana Trench

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9Y0XB TIL: The US recognizes the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan, an international consensus. However, 10 individual US states passed bills "recognizing" the territory's claim to independence, but also 2 US states officially recognize the territory as Azerbaijani territory.
vPRL TIL that the largest pyramid in the world was just recently found in 2009. it was covered by the canopy of a mayan jungle.
9YEp TIL Broccoli, Cauliflower, Brussels Sprouts, Kohlrabi, and Cabbage are all actually the same species…bred by humans from one plant
4bg TIL that if you collapse an underwater bubble with a soundwave, light is produced, and nobody knows why.
rRj9e TIL Ross Perot is one of the most successful 3rd party presidential candidates, winning 19% of the popular vote as an independent in 1992. Active in issues relating to POWs in the Vietnam War, he orchestrated a daring rescue of two of his own employees who were taken hostage in Iran in 1979.