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TIL coral reefs are worth $2.7 trillion annually

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e06lk TIL that a brother-sister duo in Iceland would have different surnames. As a surname; the boy gets his father's first name with a '-son' in the end, the girl also gets the father's first name but with a '-dottir' in the end. Ultimately they end up having different surnames.
PYWZw TIL that birds are dinosaurs
yQXGw TIL Abraham Lincoln wrote poems throughout his life, including this one at the age of seventeen: Abraham Lincoln is my nam[e], And with my pen I wrote the same, I wrote in both hast and speed, and left it here for fools to read
5Y84n TIL the only country with no live chickens is Vatican City
LkABv TIL mud-dauber wasp nests can last for 20-30,000 years.