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TIL that a significant amount of Earth’s microbial life exists kilometers beneath the surface, surviving without sunlight by using chemical energy from rocks.

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D1K4P TIL ‘WhatsApp’ takes down 250,000 accounts every month suspected of spreading child sex abuse material, based on the names of groups and profile pictures
4dON TIL despite the existence of the Pan-American Highway, it is not possible to drive between South America and Central America in a normal passenger car. Swamps, indigenous peoples, FARC rebels, and environmental considerations have left the 100-km “Darién Gap” undeveloped.
yN8w TIL on average dolphins rape about 14 people a year
WJNL TIL the “strawberries” and “peaches” in Quaker Instant Oatmeal are actually flavored dehydrated apples. The “blueberries” are flavored dried figs.
9Y8eX TIL of the unsolved Keddie murders where a woman living in a rural California cabin was killed with her teenage son and his friend, and her daughter kidnapped, while younger boys were left sleeping in an adjacent room. The remains of the kidnapped daughter were found 3 years later after a tip-off