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TIL Kit Harington didn’t know his name was actually Christopher until the age of 11. Having gone by Kit since he was born.

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VMAvm TIL The deepest ocean sinkhole in the world is in the South China Sea and is named the Dragon Hole, or Longdong. It is roughly 987 feet deep. Below 328 feet, the hole is devoid of oxygen, and deadly to marine life.
mDoM TIL that American Spies in the Cold War were caught due to their counterfeit passports being made with better staples.
wjj6 TIL that a panty and a bra flushed down a toilet ended up causing a sewer to collapse, leading to a flood that damaged 20 homes and a road to crack open.
b94v4 TIL of Merck, the 352 year old pharmaceutical company responsible for the introduction of cocaine, morphine and invention of MDMA
PdZG TIL that during WWII, the U.S. Air Force dropped more than 5 million leaflets warning Japanese civilians to evacuate cities that were going to be bombed.