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TIL that 4 of the 12 people killed in Aurora were acting in true super hero fashion when they blocked their girlfriends from being killed by taking bullets for them and sacrificing their lives.

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DQ41j TIL That There Is A Type of Algae Called "Diatoms" That Live In Glass-Like Structures Made of Silica
1amB7 TIL the motel where MLK was assassinated is now the National Civil Rights Museum.
51wP TIL “Contagious shooting” is the name for the phenomenon when one person in a group shoots, the entire group starts shooting (even if they don’t know why they’re shooting)
XEkkD TIL Costa Rica is the first country to start a ban on all single-use plastics, scheduled to be complete by 2021
b9nd0 TIL in 2015 scientist dropped a microphone 6 miles down into the Mariana Trench, the results where a surprise, instead of quiet, they heard sounds of earthquakes, ships, the distinct moans of baleen whales and the overwhelming clamor of a category 4 typhoon that just happened to pass overhead.