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TIL that The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) is a collaborative project of volunteers who use freely available software to search for the largest possible prime number

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0wjQy TIL that, in June 2020, a team of researchers in Japan used a drone that shot pollen-dusted soap bubbles to pollinate a pear orchard; 95% of the flowers bore fruit, which was the same success rate as hand-pollinating
QNKjk TIL that during the Vietnam War (1960), the US military formed a unique partnership with dolphins and sea lions, training them to detect underwater mines and enemy divers.
WO8B TIL in 1897 Frank Hann noticed creeks in Western Australia flowed inland, and followed them, expecting to find a large fresh water lake. To his disappointment, the lake turned out to be salt and subsequently named it Lake Disappointment.
gmZX TIL Tom hanks is related to Abraham Lincoln through Lincoln’s mother Nancy Hanks
4ko8o TIL that the Iraqi transport minister caused controversy during an inauguration of an airport by claiming that the world's first airport was built 7,000 years ago in Iraq by ancient Sumerians