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TIL the Aral Sea, once the 4th largest lake in the world, has been steadily shrinking since the 1960’s. It’s now 1/10th the original size. Nearly 90% of the water has now given way to sandy desert with wrecks of beached boats dotting the surface.

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gMwWX TIL the only "Nintendo PlayStation" ever publicly auctioned has sold for $300,000 (£230,700).The ultra-rare prototype was the offspring of a short-lived collaboration between Nintendo and Sony, and was supposed to add CD-ROM support to the Super Nintendo.
WkX49 TIL that Vincent Smith II, aged 29, died when he fell into a eight-foot vat that was mixing and melting chocolate to be used in Hershey's candy.
pYWgA TIL that the atlas corporation made a rap music video of the Large Hadron Collider and what it does and how it works
NmO8 TIL a lot of old movie theaters had “cry rooms” you could take your children to if they were becoming disruptive. This way you could still enjoy the movie while not disturbing other movie goers.
QJDpa TIL of the Minneapolis Skyway System, a system of footbridges that connects shops, restaurants, and residential buildings over an area of 80 full city blocks. It allows residents to live, work, and shop without ever leaving the Skyway system.