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TIL that there is a 1.5km thick layer of salt deep beneath the sea floor of the Mediterranean Sea from the near complete drying up of the Mediterranean Sea 5.5 mya. Salty!

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b6X0 TIL in the sixties USA considered detonating a nuclear warhead on the moon to boost morale
DXv TIL that Justin Berfield, who played Reese in the TV series ‘Malcolm in the Middle’ is actually younger than Frankie Muniz who played his younger brother Malcolm. [Fixed]
Y8xZ TIL the world’s thinnest house is just 4 feet wide - set between two buildings in Warsaw, Poland, the home is 33 feet in depth and about 30 feet tall
P1L5V TIL that Rickey Henderson was so proud of earning a million dollar signing bonus that he had the check framed instead of cashing it. He saved the envelopes of cash teams gave players for per diem expenses, allowing his kids to pick them out of a box when they did well in school
yVyXa TIL of ‘Project Pigeon’, a WW2 era US funded attempt to train pigeons to guide bombs to their targets. The pigeons were put inside of the bombs and acted as pilots, repeatedly pecking the target displayed through a lens to keep the bomb on course to the target.