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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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ANaBo TIL corned beef was made by curing the meat with “corns” of salt
Pg8Z TIL that in 1775 the royal governor of Virginia offered slaves freedom if they fought for the british in the American Revolution. After the war, the promise was kept with about 14k slaves being freed.
0dEej TIL the international space station (ISS) took 10 years and 15 countries working together to assemble
rRByx TIL That the Rocky Mountains are younger than most dinosaurs.
AWAB TiL:People didn’t empty chamber pots into the streets in the middle ages.