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TIL coral reefs are worth $2.7 trillion annually

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awwpA TIL Star-nosed moles smell underwater by exhaling air bubbles onto objects and then re-inhaling them to smell the scents they have trapped.
wL8LP TIL of cryptomnesia - when you forget something and then remember it as if it's an original thought. This can cause unintentional plagiarism or convince you that you've got a brilliant new idea, only to be disappointed when it's already been done.
x6rQD TIL that Kathryn Beaumont at 13 voiced Alice in "Alice in Wonderland" and did so again for "Kingdom Hearts" at age 64.
EdwP TIL the tradition of “women and children first” protocol is a legacy from the Birkenhead, a ship that ran into a dangerous reef, and whose soldiers famously stood firm allowing the women and children to board the boats safely as there were not enough serviceable lifeboats for all the passengers.
GRp7 TIL Mormon founder Joseph Smith purchased Egyptian papyri from a traveling mummy exhibit. His translation of the text was entirely inaccurate but Mormons still regard this text to be true and as sacred as the Bible or Book of Mormon.