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TIL There is a surface feature on Pluto named after Cthulhu

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VMawp TIL of the Winterberg tunnel; which , during WW1 was sealed shut by French artillery fire trapping the 270 German soldier inside. Over the next six days, as oxygen ran out, they either suffocated or took their own lives. Some asked comrades to kill them. The tunnel has just been discovered.
wLpv1 TIL That some bacteria have tiny magnetic crystals that help them avoid oxygen by sensing the earth's magnetic field.
neR4o TIL In 2014, the UK based EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency) named Rakuten as “the world’s biggest online retailer of whale meat and elephant ivory, calling on the company to stop selling the items.”
PY7Ng TIL professional wrestler Tommy Dreamer considered committing murder-suicide at WrestleMania until a phone call from Jim Ross helped change his mind
Z8LBp TIL Historian Allan Lichtman, inspired by a discussion with a geophysicist about earthquakes, developed a system that has allowed him to correctly predicted the winner of every presidential election since 1984 using a series of 13 true or false statements or "13 keys to the White House".