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TIL that the ‘Fairy Bridge’, the largest natural bridge on Earth, was virtually unknown to the rest of the world until it was observed on Google maps in 2009.

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m9xy TIL the person credited with inventing the pot brownie is actually named Mary Jane
v1dLL TIL that when Norway launched a rocket to study the Aurora Borealis, a mistake led to Russia not being informed of this launch. The russian president, Boris Jeltsin, opened the nuclear briefcase and were on the verge of starting a nuclear war.
9wp9G TIL of the Sama-Bajau, an ethnic group of Maritime Southeast Asia, that live a seaborne lifestyle, many of whom still live in houseboats that roam the Coral Triangle (the waters around the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea)
ep0Jn TIL that the Mandarin Chinese equivalent of the phrase "speak of the devil" is "shuo Cao Cao, Cao Cao dao," or "speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao appears," referencing the 3rd century warlord and statesman Cao Cao.
ZRav TIL congenital blindness and schizophrenia do not co-occur.There is not a single case of congenitally blind diagnosed with schizophrenia