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TIL a newly detected fracture suggests that tectonic forces are pulling the continents together once again.

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kOnL5 TIL as late as 2018 an 26 year old American missionary illegally attempted to christianize an isolated tribe living on an island of the indian ocean, and was killed shortly after landing. His body was not retrieved and no legal charges were pursued.
6Exw7 TIL that there exists a form of parasomnia called "sexsomnia", where the person engages in sexual activity during sleep, and is therefore not aware of it.
epPKJ TIL about Joachim-Raphael Boronali, an Italian painter touted by Roland Dorgelès as a pioneer of expressionism, who turned out to be a donkey named Lolo. Dorgelès would paint some blocks on canvas, then tie a brush to Lolo's tail to make scribbles. Dorgelès did this as a take-that to expressionism.
M7Nr7 TIL that Pacific Islanders were forced to come to Australia to be slaves on sugar plantations in a practice known as "blackbirding"
xeyD TIL in 1987 a lone Chilean Flamingo named Pink Floyd escaped from a zoo in Salt Lake City and lived alone in the wild in Utah on the Great Salt Lake, surviving off brine shrimp. He was last seen in 2005, but others have claimed they’ve spotted him since.