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TIL there is an "upside down" waterfall in Hawaii. For part of the year it flows straight up into the sky.

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LkZPP TIL that Laika (The first dog in space), did not die peacefully to lack of oxygen like the Russians said. Decades later, it was revealed that instead she died in panic thanks to a heat shield malfunction a couple of hours after launch.
epNP5 TIL after the Khwarazmian Empire was destroyed by the Mongols, the Khwarazmian army survived and marched around the Middle East for a few decades as a mercenary force.
60MX TIL that homeless children in Miami in the 1990s developed an elaborate folk mythology that was spread by oral tradition.
NXV81 TIL that mice can go into depression and empathize with other mice.
1jJV TIL a 4,500 yo Construction Logbook of the Great Pyramid was Found in 2013. It reports on the making and shipping of limestone blocks and the everyday life of workers.