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TIL an underwater icicle, AKA brinicle or "finger of death", kills everything in its path. The water freezes in an icy sheath around it & a web of ice forms that kills everything it touches, including sea urchins and starfish, by encasing it in a tube of ice.

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8YNL TIL Due to over 60 years of separation, differences in the language have developed between South and North Korea. This leads to many hardships for North Korean defectors after they escape, because they have to relearn Korean.
E1dad TIL Michael Jackson’s will dictates that his estate annually donate 20% of his posthumous earnings to various charities.
BgQkL TIL in 1527, Charles V had Rome sacked and Pope Clement VII imprisoned for several months. That same year, King Henry VIII of England petitioned the Pope to annul his childless marriage to Charles aunt, Katherine of Aragon. The petition was denied and forced Henry to break away from Catholic faith.
o9nE TIL easily more than 10% of women cheat on their spouses (as confirmed irrefutably by a study of baby blood types differing from father’s [pg72 The Science of Adultery])
GA1Lg TIL since 2002, there's been a German themed village housing German ex-pats and Korean spouses in South Korea which even hosts annual Oktoberfests