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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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OvJg TIL of the Kalash people, a white-skinned, blue-eyed tribe in the back country of Pakistan, who claim to be descendants of the ancient Greeks.
ZxLG TIL that there was a Cold War Bunker Found in the Brooklyn Bridge.
e0EPD TIL that the Nike slogan was inspired by the last words of a serial killer before he was executed
p8OlG TIL Tortoise shells and tree resins are natural plastics
pY5l8 TIL Glass fiber dresses were a fad for a few years in the 1890s, and the NYT even predicted they’d be more popular