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TIL: That studies are concluding with a firm belief that the African continent is splitting in two.

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BgJbx TIL Acadia (AD-42) was a Yellowstone class destroyer in the the United States Navy. She was the first ship to have a wartime mixed-sex crew and was nicknamed "The Love Boat" in the Persian Gulf War after 10% of its crew became pregnant during deployment.
MGlV TIL a family-friendly game developer went into a depression after people repeteadely criticized his game character for looking like ‘a scary animatronic’. He overcame depression, was inspired to make a horror game, and went on to create 'Five Nights at Freddy’s’.
gMW6A TIL there are myths of an advanced civilization of red haired people who disappeared after the last ice age (5,000+ years ago)
JBRl TIL John McCain put forward a bill (later overturned by Citizen’s United) that planned to take money out of politics
y77a TIL used pizza boxes are not recyclable due to grease.