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TIL the Aral Sea (the 4th largest lake in the world in 1960) lost 80% of its volume by 1998 and went from a fresh water lake to being 3 times saltier than the ocean all due to a Soviet Era Irrigation Project

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Me67K TIL rock band Death Grips didn't play a show in 2013 due to a fan sending them a suicide note explaining how much their music meant to him/her. The band didn't show up at all and had a giant banner of the fans suicide note with their music playing in the background.
gxA4 TIL Methane Hydrate, a new and completely untapped reservoir of fossil fuel exists in huge amounts in the deep sea. Is estimated that there could be more potential fossil fuel contained in the methane hydrates than in all classic coal, oil and natural gas reserves combined.
MeGlb TIL That Mark Zuckerberg and Other Facebook Founders Are Called "Accidental Billionaires" Because Never Intended to Change the World; Rather, They Only Wanted to Meet "Some Girls!"
adkZ TIL a cup of apple juice has more calories than a cup of Coca Cola
w4eY TIL that the captain of the Costa Condordia has yet to serve any of his prison sentence, and even taught a panic management course two years after he panicked and abandoned his ship before any passengers could get off.