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TIL coral reefs are worth $2.7 trillion annually

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D1OBP TIL there are Forth World countries. Many inhabitants of these nations do not have any political ties and are often hunter-gatherers that live in nomadic communities, or are part of tribes.
E1YZ0 TIL Flamingos can live in lakes that are so toxic that the water would strip away human skin.
60lQ TIL when a high school in Pennsylvania issued MacBooks to its students, they remotely activated the webcams to take automatic photos of the students every 15 minutes. They took over 56,000 webcam shots before getting busted. They were sued for $610,000.
4XnXo TIL that the ‘Lamborghini’ of Chicken is this black bird from Indonesia. Not only are its feathers and skin black, but also its muscles, bones and all its internal organs.
WW8Y TIL The Celebration Music at the end of The Phantom Menace is the Emperor’s Theme in a major key. A haunting foreshadowing.