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TIL a field of seagrass converts carbon dioxide to oxygen at over 8x the rate of a forest the same size.

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lojEA TIL of the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, an all-black airborne unit. Instead of overseas deployment, they fought wildfires started by Japanese balloon bombs on the US west coast. The "Triple Nickles" parachuted directly into affected areas for half the fires they fought.
9vLG TIL Winnie-the-Pooh’s real name is Edwin Bear.
XEpxX TIL that in 1937 Martin Goodman, the founder of Marvel Comics bought tickets on the Hindenburg to return from his honeymoon in Europe, but couldn't get seats together with his wife, so they took an airplane instead. Marvel Comics #1 came out two years later.
R1r1 TIL Cats domesticated themselves 10,000 years ago in the Middle East.
8Jg8 TIL that 900 workers have died in their mission to build the infrastructure for 2022 UEFA World Cup in Qatar. If the deathrate continue to be as high, at least 4000 workers will die before the actual event begins.