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TIL that Seahorses live in the Hudson River. Seahorses are found in temperate and tropical waters all over the world, including the Hudson River, which is home to the Lined Seahorse.

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4XlYR TIL On June 7th, 1692 the pirate city, Port Royal, in Jamaica was rocked by a massive earthquake that shook the city into the ocean, leaving 2,000 souls burried under sand and brick. Shortly after the quake, a tsunami flooded what was left.
dkrr TIL there is quite a large list of people who were killed by the things they invented.
LkP7v TIL about John Yudkin, a scientist who's reputation was ruined and was ridiculed for his belief that sugar not fat was responsible for the health crisis in America. Years later research is starting to support his findings.
WEQL TIL that when you see something strange happening, but the software is telling you everything is fine, it’s called a “Mad Girlfriend Bug”
oBMJr TIL that the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was one of the first cases in the US to prevent a specific ethnic group from entering the country