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TIL that Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system

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A4pg TIL that the 19th century London campaign for sanitary reform and delivering clean water was opposed by critics as “a deduction from the charms of freedom.” The Times daily argued it was preferable to “take a chance with cholera than be bullied into health.”
xVR4b TIL that the brand we all have come to know as "3M" stands for Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing and it was started in 1902 by a lawyer, a doctor, 2 railroad execs, and a meat market owner.
jDMp TIL the Quetzalcoatlus pterodactyl had a wingspan of about 35 feet (10.6 meters), or about the wingspan of a F-16 fighter.
X07wr TIL that Humans actually have stripes in their skin that can only be seen under UV light. They are called Blaschko’s lines after the Dermatologist who discovered them.
N7R86 TIL there is something called a sea potato, a relative of the sea urchin that looks like a cross between a coconut and a hamster.