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TIL as ocean waters get warmer they absorb less and less CO2. meaning as the Earth heats up CO2 will be released from the ocean heating up the Earth even more

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OXnL TIL Canada bought a license to produce a fighter the US no longer wanted, and it ended up being so successful as a ground attack aircraft that nobody was able to catch one during more than 20 years of NATO exercises. They won first or second place in nearly every exercise they participated in.
XEgvR TIL that one widely-accepted theoretical cause of some of the largest mass extinction events in history are mantle plumes. They form over millions of years when magma near the earth's core heats up and rises until it reaches the crust, causing widespread volcanic activity over gigantic areas.
klJm TIL Doing a Google search uses the same amount of electricity as turning a 60W light bulb on for 17 seconds.
J16lQ TIL about the concept in mesoamerican folk religion called Nagual. It is a human being that can shapeshift into their tonal(animals that mesoamericans believe have connection to a certain person) animal counterparts.
PYodL TIL on the evening of July 16, 1962, President John F. Kennedy joked he wanted to smoke cannabis; so his mistress later brought him six joints to the White House. After three joints he felt no effects, but then closed his eyes and refused a fourth. "Suppose the Russians did something now," he said.