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TIL that due to climate change, the island nation of Kiribati is rapidly sinking into the ocean. The Government has already started buying land in other countries for its people, and is urging citizens to evacuate.

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rNBQx TIL that when Apple was making the Power Mac 7100, they gave it the internal code name "Carl Sagan." Concerned the use of his name would be seen as an endorsement, Sagan sent a cease and desist, to which Apple changed its codename to "Butt-Head Astronomer."
EZRV TIL that infants will naturally and automatically (not much muscular control) dance to music - and make themselves happy by doing it.
Wkp8Y TIL that 80% of toilets in Hong Kong are flushed with seawater in order to conserve the city's scarce freshwater resources
ngrr TIL the director of M.A.S.H. had his 14-year-old son write a song for a scene because it needed to be “the stupidest song ever written.” His son wrote it in 5 minutes. It became the theme. The director earned $70,000 for directing the movie; by 1980 his son had earned over $1 million from the song.
WgQA TIL there are 2 bands called “Impending Doom” one is an American Christian metal band and the other one a German Satanic metal band.