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TIL a high school student posted a photo of dirty water coming from her school's bathroom sink online, a problem administrators had long ignored. The social media backlash caused the school to send a plumber out "right away," but she got a 3-day suspension for "inappropriate use of electronics."

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nWm1b TIL about the MV Liemba, a ferry on Lake Tanganyika, which was laid down in 1913 in Germany. It served as a WWI warship and it sunk twice, first deliberately in 1916 and again in 1920 due to a storm. It was raised again in 1924 and it is operating almost nonstop since 1927
wYGP TIL that South African and Swedish scientists have discovered that dung beetles navigate using the Milky Way, and that they are the first animals proven to use our galaxy for navigation.
M7AXa TIL about Lake Vostok, an Antarctic subglacial lake kept liquid at -3 degrees Celsius due to the sheer pressure of the 4000 meters thick ice sheet above it. Having been isolated for around 25 million years, the lake is said to hold clues about potential extraterrestial life on the icy moon Europa
wZYM TIL The inspiration for Beavis was a straight A Student who had a similar laugh. He would laugh at everything his extremely hot teacher would say while biting his lip, and scribbling on paper.
Rpjl TIL during the filming of Maidstone (1970) actor Rip Torn struck fellow actor Norman Mailer with a hammer, resulting in a brawl between the actors in which Mailer bit into Torn’s ear and Torn furiously choked Mailer on the ground. The scene was captured on camera and is in the final cut of the film