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TIL: The metabolism of the terrestrial biosphere looks like nature’s heartbeat when seen through the lens of a gridded cartogram projection.

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jN7Aa TIL one of television’s first interracial kisses, between Star Trek’s Captain Kirk and Lieutenant Uhura, was originally supposed to be between Spock and Uhura. However, when William Shatner (Captain Kirk) heard, he said 'If anybody is gonna get to kiss Lieutenant Uhura it’s gonna be me.’
4X6QN TIL the most difficult word to translate is 'ilunga'. It means "a person who is ready to forgive any abuse for the first time, to tolerate it a second time, but never a third time".
MeYXW TIL Keir Gilchrist, the actor who played the lead role in Atypical, is also the lead singer of grindcore band Whelm and death metal band Phalanx.
OGDWR TIL Hawaii is the only state in the United States that is free of rabies
NmEE TIL after Crude Oil, Coffee is the most sought commodity in the World.