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TIL Royal Marine Mark Gray saved 20,000 lives by draining the water from a dam before it was blown up by Serbian militia

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l7X51 TIL that there is a more human way of extracting silk from Sikworms instead of boiling them alive, called Ahimsa Silk. But we choose cruelty anyways!
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Lky0Q TIL The world record for keeping the original 1996/1997 Tamagotchi alive is Age 89 days.
yQW4p TIL that no person who was born blind has ever been diagnosed with schizophrenia
dP6K TIL that the Mars rover Opportunity has been active for over 12 years now, despite a planned duration of activity of only 3 months.