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TIL Angel Falls in Venezuela is so high that the water often evaporates before it can land.

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oROgo TIL A music video was made for Bee Gee's "Night Fever" in 1978, but not shown to the public until 26 years later, in 2004. It shows them singing in a darkened studio, layered over background video filmed while driving along Sunny Isles Beach, Florida and many places shown no longer exist
obgY TIL of Henry Cavendish, a reclusive British scientist whose contributions to the physical sciences, including experiments with gases, electricity and heat were vast. He often fled from social contact or simply communicated through notes. Due to his shyness he rarely informed others of his results
16QB8 TIL there is a soccer player with the surname Amaluzor
eJWg TIL Nikola Tesla created the first logic gate in 1898 when he created the first remote controlled vehicle, over 50 years before Walther Bothe won the Nobel Peace Prize for it. He reportedly told onlookers multiple times it was simple science beforehand so that they would not think it witchcraft.
609m TIL that the Soviet Union refused to host the 1980 Paralympics, stating that none of their citizens had disabilities.