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TIL that the biggest lake in the Caribbean is getting bigger very quickly, having more than doubled in size in the last 10 years

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wLRdJ TIL the human eye with transmits data at roughly the same rate as an Ethernet connection
Ypeed TIL that land mines have led to a positive development in the Falkland Islands by providing sanctuary for penguins who are not heavy enough to detonate them so they can breed safely without human intrusion.
98mG TIL it would take ~14.5 Quadrillion Lego pieces to make a minifigure sized earth.
16B6V TIL the movie Grease (1978) was created as a parody for the very thing it’s typically celebrated for - Corny 1950’s teen musicals.
oRMgY Today I Learned that Pete Seeger's first album appearance was on a record denouncing the prospect of war with Nazi Germany, as he was a Communist Party member supportive of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact.