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TIL about the Sargasso Sea, off the East Coast of the USA. It is effectively a giant an ocean whirlpool, with it's boundaries being created by ocean currents instead of land.

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QNobM TIL a few tech companies (ie. AOL) used to fight spam with Haikus (poems) embedded into an email licensed from a company named Habeas. Habeas would sue mass spammers for copyright infringement. In one case, they won a $100k judgement.
X00Aj TIL about a 2021 discovery proving Italians knew about North America before Columbus's voyage
woJxo TIL in 2011, Dr. Pepper Ten's "It's not for women" ad campaign included a Facebook page that was for men only and the label and cans for the drink used "gunmetal gray" so it would appeal to men. About 40% of the people at the time who tried it were women.
xYx5 TIL that in 2014, Betty White was awarded the Guiness World Record for “Longest TV Career for an Entertainer (Female),” with a 1939 debut.
59mk TIL Christoper Reeve starred in a movie called “Above Suspicion” where he played a paraplegic. Just two days after the film was released, he suffered the famous horse riding accident leaving him paralyzed from the neck down.