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TIL that in 2023, a massive Greenland landslide shook the Earth for nine days, baffling scientists. A huge rock-ice avalanche hit a fjord, creating a global seismic "hum" detected worldwide. The impact's repetitive pulses kept the planet vibrating for days.

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aw5nA TIL of Hanawon, a facility in South Korea which helps North Korean defectors adjust to life in the South. They are taught how to drive and use an ATM, and taken on field trips to food courts and get haircuts.
N7YG1 TIL that in 1951 the St. Louis Browns used Eddie Gaedel, a little person, to pinch hit for an easy walk. It was the first and last time a little person played in a Major League Baseball game.
QJ5ga TIL about: Æthelflæd Lady of the Mercia in 10th Century England who fought Vikings and Won.
4XkB5 TIL Ada Lovelace, the daughter of Lord Byron, was the first computer programmer back in the early 1800s
wLDXM TIL that since the 1970’s, the NYPL’s Theatre on Film and Tape Archive has preserved live theatrical productions of Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regional theatre productions.