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TIL In 1980, an oil drilling rig in Louisiana tapped into a salt mine and suddenly drained a 1,300 acre lake!

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AL6g TIL that using astronomical data it has been determined that on this day, 16 Apr, Odysseus finally returned to Ithaca 3,192 years ago
jNNM TIL there is a cruise ship named “The World” where residents permanently live as it travels around the globe.
BjJK TIL of Cymothoa exigua, a parasite that consumes the tongue of a fish, attaches itself to the blood supply, and becomes a newly functioning tongue, gorging itself until the host slowly dies of starvation. It’s one of few known parasites that consume and replace a host’s organs.
rRjdd TIL of Springfield Missouri's Great Cobra Scare of 1953 when 11 cobras got loose in the Route 66 town.
4kgMN TIL a narcissistic collapse happens when a narcissist believes that someone (or something) is threatening their ability to maintain their superficial inflated ego, and the 11 signs of this include impulsive behaviors, anger outbursts & rage, gaslighting, and reputation smearing