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GYGo4 TIL scientists discovered in Brazil a 3,000 year old termite nation as big as the UK. To build it, the termites moved an amount of soil equivalent to building 4,000 Great Pyramids of Giza
BgE8L TIL that Michael Caine is a Korean War veteran
N7QQP TIL that while the United States Supreme Court hear only about 70 cases a year, the Indian Supreme Court hear up to 700 legal matters in a single day.
W74k4 TIL The Soviet Union started digging the world's deepest borehole in 1979. It achieved a true vertical depth of 12,262 metres (7.619 mi) in 1989.
YVxG TIL there is an actual measurable difference between a pond and a lake. “If the water is deep enough that light does not get to the bottom, the body of water is considered a lake. A pond is a body of water shallow enough to support rooted plants.”