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TIL drown reefs are a thing caused when the water level is high enough that it blocks out too much sunlight needed by some coral species

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ep6Xk TIL Only a handful of tourists today visit one of the Roman Empire’s most beautiful cities, Leptis Magna, now located in Libya. Well preserved, there has been no direct attacks or threats against this UNESCO World Heritage site
4XBJ6 TIL Will Friedle - Eric on Boy Meets World - suffers an anxiety disorder that forced him to stop acting on-screen. Despite this his career continued via voice acting (starring in Batman Beyond and Kim Possible) and in 2015 felt comfortable enough to return to live-action for Girl Meets World
new57 TIL that the Bucket Orchid flower attracts orchid bees with a scent, & traps them in their “bucket”, the only escape is through a space where the flower grips the bee and glues pollen packets to their back to produce more bucket orchids.
bYRZ TIL ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are on its way there
JYoVV TIL "ParseError" created a lamp that creates a thunderstorm of light whenever the POTUS tweets in Twitter. Each tweet is materialized by a series of lightning roaring through the clouds, disturbing the soft glow of the lamp.