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TIL that France maintains possessions of several islands less than 20 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon

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vABr TIL a shipping container filled with millions of Lego pieces fell into the sea off Cornwall in 1997. But instead of remaining at the bottom of the ocean, they are still washing up on Cornish beaches today.
RZMa TIL that when Montenegro became independent from Yugoslavia, its internet domain name went from .yu to .me
grOPb TIL that the reason Kratos from God of War calls his son "boy" is because developers "couldn’t think of a good name for the kid". The character just didn’t have a name for part of the development process.
R5RW7 TIL about methanogens, micro-organisms that find oxygen essentially toxic and prefer carbon dioxide - or other carbon-rich compounds - to produce water and methane. Methanogens tend to be found in extreme environments, such as deep-sea hydrothermal vents and in the Earth’s mantle.
mxrpx TIL that "Airplane" was judged "culturally, historically, or aesthetically" significant and added to the National Film Registry in 2010