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TIL Famous Oceanographer Robert Ballard has a 24/7 livestream where he continues the quest to map the entire ocean floor.

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oRJo7 TIL that for the first-time ever, total off-course golf participation (27.9 million) surpassed on-course participation (25.6 million) in the US in 2022. Off-course participation includes: standalone driving ranges, golf entertainment sites (Topgolf etc) & businesses w/ simulators or screen set-ups.
9wvyG TIL Teller of Penn & Teller, known for being completely silent on stage, was once a high school language teacher.
xkJg TIL that H.P. Lovecraft was a virulent racist, and the fear he encountered after moving to ethnically-diverse Brooklyn helped him develop his horror writing.
XDpr TIL of the “Zeigarnik effect,” a psychological process whereby students who suspend their study, during which they do unrelated activities (such as studying unrelated subjects or playing games), will remember material better than students who complete study sessions without a break
gr6AW TIL orcas cultural fads. In the 1980s one such fad was wearing dead salmon as hats. It spread to three separate Pacific pods before suddenly going out of style.