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TIL There is a lake filled with jellyfish, completely harmless due to lack of predators to defend against.

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n8Y9 TIL There is a Non-Fictional Book About Ebola Zaire, a Deadlier Form of Ebola So Terrifying, Stephen King Was Quoted As Saying “The first chapter of The Hot Zone is one of the most horrifying things I’ve read in my whole life–and then it gets worse"
eJbE TIL: Jackie Chan’s nickname Jackie has an Australian origin. His parents migrated to Australia and he joined them briefly, working on construction sites where a builder ‘Big Jack’ took 'Little Jack’, shortened to Jackie, under his wing.
QJ8Ja TIL that under Franklin Delano Roosevelt there was an "Indian New Deal" and its "goal was to reverse the traditional goal of assimilation of Indians into American society and to strengthen, encourage and perpetuate the tribes and their historic traditions and culture."
0rlj TIL in 2012, a skydiver was almost hit by a meteor in mid-air and caught the incident on film (x-post worldnews)
rNmLe TIL the interior of the U.S. Capitol dome is dominated by a painting of George Washington becoming a God.