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TIL Sea Otters are the reason kelp forests exist off the coast of California

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1a6O4 TIL You need a visa to travel from Hong Kong to China, even though Hong Kong is technically a part of China.
Wk6Lo TIL Armenian finswimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan was finishing a 12-mile run when he heard a bus crash into the water. He dove down 33 ft, and rescued 20 people, one at a time. He is an 11-time World Record holder, 17-time World Champion, 13-time European Champion and 7-time USSR Champion
BgM7r TIL that a French Soldier called Albert Severin Roche, had personally captured 1,180 prisoners. He was called the "first soldier of France" by allied supreme commander Marechal Foch
8wxG TIL the suits worn by the Guild members in the movie Dune were old body bags found in a disused fire station. The bags had actually been used several times, something that was kept from the cast members until shooting was complete.
xVlVD TIL that in Māori mythology Māui tried to bring immortality to humanity, but was killed in the attempt by the goddess of death's obsidian vagina teeth.