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TIL there is a battery of unknown composition still supplying power after 176 years.

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dkBr TIL there is a disease called “Sudden unexpected death syndrome” where the heart of a seemingly healthy adult just stops for no reason. It mostly affects young men in select Southeast Asian countries.
wORJ TIL that when Sebastian Shaw, the face of Darth Vader, showed up on the set of Return of the Jedi, Ian McDiarmid (aka Emperor Palpatine), who was an old friend, asked him what he was doing there. His response: “I don’t know, dear boy, I think it’s something to do with science-fiction.”
e4GE TIL that over the last 100 years, the U.S. has almost emptied the aquifer that took nature more than 10,000 years to fill—and it’s the aquifer that waters our breadbasket region.
ANgd TIL there is a four man anti-poaching team permanently guarding a Northern White Rhino in Kenya
5VJDD TIL that there is a monument in Georgia that gives instructions in 8 languages on how to rebuild society after an unknown apocalyptic event, and it also functions as a compass, calendar, and clock.