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TIL the famous blue sinkholes in Yucatán, Mexico are left over features from the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs.

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QP1L TIL that a gold $20 coin deflected a bullet that saved Lt. George Dixon’s life, and forever more became his lucky coin. The coin was found 137 years later in the sunken wreckage of the Confederate submarine, H.L. Hunley
N7Xe8 TIL that the US Navy traditionally named ammunition ships after volcanoes or words relating to fire and explosions
AmDl TIL the US has a worst child poverty rate than Greece or Slovakia
4raR TIL: Inca architecture was built to be earthquake resistent. Inca masonry is effective in withstanding even major tremors
JYRxv TIL I learned of Derek Paraviccini, an autistic musical savant. Although born blind and barely able to care for himself, he plays piano with superhuman clarity and accuracy.