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TIL, it's estimated that by 2100 the Maldives will be completely under water. Their governments response to this, is relocating to India

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OoVQ1 TIL Ravens can recognize the faces of people who have treated them unfairly and tend to avoid those people for at least a month
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6lmX TIL NASA Wants to Send a Submarine to Titan
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KP7B TIL of the mellified man, who, entering old age, would choose to consume nothing but honey until he died; and then would be entombed in honey for a century plus before being unmasked and eaten for health benefits.