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TIL The African continent is being split in two by a 46 km (35 mile) long crack and will be two seperate land massess in a couple of million years.

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R7kel TIL that Mileva Maric, Albert Einstein's first wife, was one of the first female physicists in the world. There is evidence she contributed greatly to Einstein's research, including his theory of special relativity. Einstein once said, "She solves for me all my mathematical problems."
b6Lj4 TIL former (80s-90s) SNL star Dana Carvey's inspiration for the hugely popular "Church Lady" character was a condescending voice affectation he came up with to deal with hecklers when he was doing stand-up comedy in the years before his break into SNL.
nW9rP TIL reCAPTCHA & Duolingo was created by the same person - Luis von Ahn
g5MA TIL of Andrew Kehoe who committed the deadliest mass murder at a U.S. elementary school. May 18, 1927. It Included his wife, 6 adults and 37 children. In the aftermath, investigators found a wooden sign Kehoe had apparently wired to a fence on his farm that read, “Criminals are made, not born.”
NX8MP TIL about Penitentes, rare natural snow formations, named as such after the hooded penitents of Easter