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TIL Florida attempted to build an artifical reef out of old tires which unintentionally caused a massive ecological disaster

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Z8eE4 TIL Craig Bartlett, creator of Hey Arnold!, was married to Lisa Groening, making "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening his brother-in-law.
ALd7 TIL The photographer who took the picture of the starving African child with a vulture waiting for her death committed suicide after 3 months. His suicide note said “I am haunted by the vivid memories of killings and corpses and anger and pain.“
J1wlQ TIL Sonora Carver, one of the first female horse divers, went blind from retinal detachment while diving with her horse, Red Lips, at an Atlantic City show in 1931. Despite her permanent injury, she continued horse diving for another 11 years.
nWyYb TIL that there is a "witch window" also known as a "Vermont window," found almost exclusively in Vermont. These slanted windows are installed at a 45-degree angle in the gable-end wall of a house and are designed to prevent witches from flying into the home on their brooms.
PKLn TIL that 3 people tried to inform PepsiCo about the secret formula of Coke-A-Cola. Pepsi then informed Coke, and the FBI.