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TIL Scientists discovered 'dark oxygen' is produced by metal nodules splitting seawater 5km deep in the ocean.

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K7ZB TIL Tom Petty escaped death as well as saved his wife and 5 year old daughter when an arsonist tried to set his house on fire. He later wrote “I Won’t Back Down” which was inspired by the experience.
KYE9E TIL that the first TV show to be recorded in color was the "Betty Feezor Show" in 1958. Betty's home craft and cooking show was on CBS affiliate WBTV in Charlotte from 1953 to 1977.
OMv6 TIL - The Canadian Government sent 1000’s of personnel, 3 warships, the Coast Guard, and divers to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina – In locations the USA were reluctant to go to because of contamination.
Jm54 TIL It is mandatory for every team to bolt a rectangular plank of wood to the bottom of their Formula 1 car during races.
neZ0o TIL Paul Castellano, the future head of the Gambino crime family, allegedly ordered the 1975 murder of Vito Borelli, the boyfriend of his daughter Constance, because he compared him to Frank Perdue, the owner and spokesperson for Perdue Farms, and felt insulted