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TIL During the Mongols sack of Baghdad they destroyed the fabled House of Wisdom and threw so many books into the Tigris that it ran black from the ink

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e0kkD TIL sea level rise is caused by two main factors, melting land ice (glaciers), and "thermal expansion" the expansion of space between water molecules as the ocean gets warmer. So the ocean is both gaining water molecules, and the water molecules are spreading out and taking up more space.
OGEGY TIL that in 2020 the Smithsonian published an article claiming that things like individualism, planning for the future, avoiding conflict, and being polite were all aspects of "white culture"
OGBL4 TIL: Roddenberry wrote lyrics for the original Star Trek theme song
Br6QK TIL Jaguars used to be found in Southwestern United States and Mexico. As recent as 2016, jaguars have been spotted as north as Arizona.
Kw6J TIL Monopoly was originally intended to teach the player the broken nature of Capitalism