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TIL There is 'Windows for submarines™', and it's still being used

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JOy1 TIL that in 1980, a Texaco oil rig drilled into the top of a salt mine underneath Lake Peigneur in Louisiana, causing the lake to drain into the sinkhole – swallowing 11 barges – and a nearby canal to reverse direction. All 55 miners in the salt mine escaped. The lake is now permanently saltwater.
Zp9QR TIL An animal’s yawn is based on how large their brain is. The bigger the brain, the longer they will yawn.
x6ab7 TIL that most OTC medicine bottles have a built in easy off cap. It is a "smaller" cap underneath that you pry off.
EBMV TIL The Krusty Krab has been destroyed 16 times, Spongebob’s house 17 times, and Patrick and Squidward’s houses 10 times
NX0A6 TIL That Pliny the Younger, although primarily known as an author and lawyer in ancient Rome, is perhaps best known for two letters he wrote which intricately detailed the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the subsequent destruction of Pompeii both of which he witnessed.