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TIL the Amazon river dumps so much fresh water into the Atlantic that it is possible to drink from the surface for about 200 mile offshore

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x9Ob TIL the California capitol punishment program (death penalty) has spent $4 billion USD to execute 13 people since 1978.
0dNwy TIL Australian Aboriginal oral traditions accurately describes postglacial sea-level rises dating from more than 7000 years ago. Some tribes can describe islands that no longer exist; and provide their original names.
gpPy TIL; Bistro is not French for Cáfe, but the word Russian cosacks would shout at French waiters, meaning “quickly”
oROjL TIL There was a mega tsunami in Greenland in Sep 2023. It was triggered by a massive landslide and the resulting wave was almost 200 meters tall at its highest. It caused the Earth to Vibrate for a staggering 9 days.
90RD TIL in 1956 Paul Hogan shocked the art world by unhooking an Impressionist masterpiece from a wall in the Tate Gallery (London) and carrying it calmly out of the gallery. Despite being photographed by journalists while he was stealing it, he’s never been prosecuted.