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TIL Florida has so much bizarre news stories because the state has exceptionally open public records and a high population

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BrLKx TIL the Chinese Baidu Baike is the world's largest encyclopedia, having 16 million articles.
OG5N7 TIL drown reefs are a thing caused when the water level is high enough that it blocks out too much sunlight needed by some coral species
LkYmr TIL that the first use of an external defibrillator on a human was in 1947 by Claude Beck. The portable version of the defibrillator was invented in the mid-1960s. This machine was a revolutionary idea that has saved hundreds of thousands of lives.
JYGKV TIL 12 counties in Africa are building a 9 mile wide tree wall all the way across the continent to prevent the Sahara from advancing
R54yj TIL in 2019, "Pray for Nesamani" trended in social media after news of contractor Nesamani being admitted to the ICU due to a concussion caused by a hammer that fell on his head. It turns out to be that Nesamani is actually a fictional character played by actor Vadivelu in Tamil film called Friends.