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TIL a ship’s cook was found alive in an air pocket inside a wreck, 100ft under the sea, 60 hours after it sank [bonus headcam video from very surprised diver in comments]

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woPO1 TIL that squids and octopuses don't have blind spots
dDvNE TIL that Gouverneur Morris (Founding Father of the U.S.) died due to the use of a piece of whale baleen as a catheter in an attempt to clear a blockage in his urinary tract.
1Bpr TIL only 31% of college graduates know that nitrogen makes up most of the Earth’s atmosphere.
vjKL TIL NC banned the use of scientific predictions of sea-level rise in determining coastal policies
Xx8k TIL that the author of the poem “Do not go gently into that good night” died at the mere age of 39. His poem is used frequently in modern pop culture, including the films “Independence Day” and “Interstellar,” and inspired a book George R.R. Martin penned in the 70s.