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TIL coral reefs are worth $2.7 trillion annually

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kOkX1 TIL that Sergio De Simone, a 7 yo child, was deported in 1944 to Auschwitz and was then sent to Neuengamme camp to be experimented on by nazi doctors (under the promise to see his mother again). He was murdered in 1945 with other 20 kids so that the Allies would not find proof of what was going on.
XEbdR TIL The bouba/kiki effect is a non-arbitrary mapping between speech sounds and the visual shape of objects. 95% to 98% selected the curvy shape as "bouba" and the jagged one as "kiki", suggesting that the human brain somehow attaches abstract meanings to the shapes in a consistent way.
Ob1X TIL saying “What can I do?” with a Russian accent actually means “I’ll find vodka” in Russian.
8e6AL TIL that Christine Maggiore, founder of the HIV/AIDS denialist group Alive and Well, died of AIDS in 2008.
XErd8 TIL In the Welsh village Aberystwyth, Monty Python's Life of Brian was completely banned until 2008. It was un-banned by the new mayor - Sue Jones-Davies, who also played Brian's girlfriend in the film