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TIL Collodictyon is an extremely ancient and rare microorganism which is not closely related to any known kingdom of life.

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a8Eby TIL: Drowning is by far the most common cause of death for Hawaiian tourists, with the majority of those deaths happening while snorkeling.
KYOG4 TIL 20% of the population of the Six Nations tribes fought in WW2. The Choctaw language baffled German codebreakers, and Iroquois, who had officially declared war during WW1 and never made peace, officially declared war on Germany again during WW2.
nW4Q9 TIL: Henry Ford introduced the $5 work day in 1914, doubling his avg employees wages overnight and investing $10m of profits back into his employees coining the term "profit sharing" which helped launch the American middle class and was seen as "an honest wage for an honest days work."
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