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TIL to date, we have only explored 5% of the sea.

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7rVeb TIL: In 1947, the Superman radio show did a series called "Clan of the Fiery Cross" in which they exposed many of the KKK's most guarded secrets. Within two weeks of the broadcast, KKK recruitment was down to zero. And by 1948, people were showing up to Klan rallies just to mock them.
l7edB TIL that a touchstone originally was a piece of slate used to test the purity of precious metal alloys
XE4RQ TIL of Arfa Karim, who at the age of nine became the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional. After an epileptic seizure resulted in cardiac arrest, Bill Gates directed his doctors to adopt "every kind of measure" for her treatment.
vd87 TIL that Charles Grey, the Second Earl Grey, established real democracy in Britain, abolished slavery throughout the empire, and is only remembered as a tea blend.
b9ew4 TIL It was comic strip character Dick Tracy's wrist radio that inspired Martin Cooper of Motorola to conceive of the first portable cellular phone in 1973. This led to the 10-year process of bringing it to market.