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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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KYdo4 TIL a group of religious folks in Canada that believed in anarchy, vegetarianism and being naked clashed violently with the government. They detonated bombs and had naked protest parades because they felt their land and children were being unfairly taken from them
8aYwV TIL that In 1916 4 people were killed by a juvenile Great White shark in New Jersey (1 of the victims was swimming in a freshwater creek far from the coast)
4kbEa TIL: Exxon is a descendant of the great Standard Oil Co., the business that John D. Rockefeller started. The family’s wealth today largely stems from the 19th-century oil tycoon.
8aZBV TIL at an Alabamian church in 1902 someone yelled "there's a fight!" The congregation instead heard the word "fire" and began to attempt to escape. In the ensuing stampede 115 people were killed.
Br0Gd TIL that both Britain's current oldest woman and oldest man were born on the same day - 29th March 1908!