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TIL That the Pacific island nation of Kiribati is expected to be submerged within the next generation

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15KD TIL Almost 700 Hours of recorded interviews of former Black slaves are publicly online available at the Library of Congress. They sing songs and discuss their feelings on slavery, freedom, their families and slavemasters.
v5Mx TIL Saturday Night Live invented the five second live TV delay because of Richard Pryor.
4kBRa TIL about the Wilhelm Gustloff, a German military transport ship which was sunk in 1945 by a Soviet submarine while evacuating civilians and military. 9,400 people died, making it the largest loss of life in a single ship sinking in history
9wWZp TIL that there is a very expensive Nuclear Power Plant under construction in England that is 33% owned by China.
nWB7 TIL Mount Everest may be the tallest mountain in the world, but Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador is the furthest away from the centre of the earth