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TIL: lakes near ocean coasts have a slightly higher salt content because of wind. Wind transfers salt off the ocean to fresh water lakes, altering the ecosystem and hostng unique forms of microbial life

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Y7mdv TIL that Point Nemo is the most remote place on Earth, with its coordinates being 48°52.6′S 123°23.6′W, and it’s known as the Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility; it’s located approximately 1,450 nautical miles from the nearest land
Mxr8 TIL In 1943, the Japanese ordered the execution of 98 American workers on Wake Island, one nameless man escaped and returned later to carve out a tombstone on the rock near the mass grave. He was caught and beheaded by the Rear Admiral himself.
9wgKr TIL of Botswana's real life Lion King. A Lion with such a fierce hatred and vendetta against Hyenas, they named him Ntwadumela - He Who Greets With Fire. He was even witnessed having charged an angry Bull Elephant. Ntwadumela was tragicaly gunned down by trophy hunters in 1991.
QJKnL TIL that Hugh Laurie struggles with severe clinical depression. He first became aware of it when he saw two cars collide and explode in a demolition derby and felt bored rather than excited or frightened. As he said: “boredom is not an appropriate response to exploding cars".
5Bdk TIL that sometimes a group of ants will get separated from their main foraging party and begin to follow each other in a continuously rotating circle. Eventually they all die of exhaustion. This phenomenon is called an “ant mill”.