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TIL that Gabe Newell, president of the video game company Valve which created steam, owns Inkfish, an ocean-exploration research organisation which currently holds the records for the deepest crewed dives in all five oceans with their deep-submergence vehicle Limiting Factor

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4Xpmw TIL that over five million years ago the Mediterranean Sea almost dried up completely (after the closure of the Strait of Gibraltar) and when the strait opened up again it refilled somewhat rapidly in the event know as the Zanclean Flood.
0d40v TIL that after retiring from baseball Jackie Robinson became vice president of the coffee company Chock full o'Nuts. This made him the first Black vice president of a major American corporation.
xY4k TIL the man who killed President McKinley, often dismissed as a mentally disturbed anarchist, did it in part due to US policies in the Philippines at the time, which though nearly forgotten today, resulted in the deaths of 200k-250k civilians and over 5,000 US troops
QJp1a TIL about the Native American town of Saukenuk, which had as many as 5000 residents in 1826. It was a multi-ethnic settlement, and featured a central courtyard, straight and well-kept streets, hundreds of large wigwams, a very large temple/council house, and was surrounded by vast farmland.
XExyE TIL at US Supreme Court, the most junior associate justice is charged with menial tasks, such as answering the door of conference room, serving beverages and transmitting orders of the court to the clerk.