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TIL that in 2023, a rockslide caused a megatsunami in Dickson fjord in eastern Greenland. The wave was 650 ft tall at the water entry point, and averaged over 200 ft along a 6 mile stretch of the fjord.

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Lk4bv TIL that about a quarter of women in the desert nation of Mauritania are obese because of a beauty standard that finds overweight women attractive. Slim women are viewed as sickly and in some rural areas young girls are force fed to make them look more desirable to men.
mY0O TIL Special K is being considered by the scientific community to be a plausible treatment for depression
dDygd TIL that the infamous image of a man who lost his jaw, was falsely associated with Eben Byers (who had his jaw surgically removed after taking daily doses of radium for 3 years), in reality, this image is from a book about plastic surgery from 1943
Z8aB4 TIL Sir Anthony Hopkins is renowned for his preparation of roles, sometimes memorising a script more than 200 times. In the movie Amistad, he memorised a seven page courtroom speech and recited it in one go. Because of this, Steven Spielberg insisted on calling him Sir Anthony instead of Tony.
yQaKe TIL Angkor Wat is the largest religious monument in the world sitting on 162 hectares or 402 acres. The artistic legacy of Angkor Wat led to France adopting Cambodia as a protectorate in 1863.