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TIL there is a project that found a way to remove captured CO₂ permanently by making sparkling water and make a rock in the deepness of the earth drink it

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XnVP TIL Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was written by Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond
MeEA8 TIL, that the murder of Rebecca Schaeffer. A 21 year old actress who was shot at her front door by an obsessed fan and later died enacted the Nation’s first anti-stalking Law’s in 1990. In 1994, the ‘Driver’s Privacy Protection Act’ made it illegal to release people’s private addresses.
p8lmG TIL that on the planet Venus, named after the Roman goddess of love, the northern continent is called Ishtar Terra, after Ishtar - the Babylonian goddess of love, and the southern continent is called Aphrodite Terra, after Aphrodite - the Greek goddess of love
YGAP TIL the word “avocado” comes from the ancient Aztec word for “testicle,” and the word “guacamole” literally translates to “testicle sauce.”
8aB0L TIL July 17, 1972 saw the first two women special agents enter service at the FBI. They were Susan Roley Malone, a former US Marine, and Joanne Pierce, a former nun.