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TIL of the Lake Peigneur Giant Sinkhole Disaster of 1980, in which a drilling platform accidentally struck the side of a salt mine, causing the mine to rapidly dissolve and as it swallowed the entire 3.5 billion gallons of water

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d8doK TIL about "Fractal Elves", which are entities perceived by users of psychedelic drugs like DMT with references found in cultures ranging from shamanic traditions of Native Americans to indigenous Australians and African tribes
r0ve TIL the famous “Piracy. It’s a crime” advert used the music in it illegally as it did not have the rights to the song
W6PX TIL Ronald McNair (killed on the Challenger) was the second black man in space, had a black belt in karate, and a Ph.D. in physics from MIT. He had a sax with him on the trip and had planned to compose the first sax song in space.
J1DLv TIL that the only animal to ever ask a question was a parrot named Alex, who asked what color he was
vjbj TIL that the Russian Tsar Nicholas II and the German Kaiser William referred to themselves as “Nicky” and “Willy” respectively in their personal correspondence