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TIL an iceberg with a red streak of paint along its base was found on April 15, 1912, close to where the Titanic sank

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wQY8 TIL that humans spend 13% of their lives not focusing on anything in particular.
WkAW8 TIL that there is a shanytown on the edge of Seoul's affluent Gangnam District, created by people evicted from houses in low-income areas demolished prior to the 1988 Olympics, who came there as their last refuge. It has 2500-4000 residents, mostly impoverished elderly, living in shacks and trailers
oZXo TIL between 1922 and 1933, The Coca-Cola Company was offered the opportunity to purchase the Pepsi-Cola company three times. It declined on each occasion.
aL1Z TIL that researchers are studying fireflies to increase LED output. The study of the glowing mechanism of fireflies has helped increase LED output by 55% so far.