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TIL Despite having possessed four colonies in Africa, Italy teaches its language in only one Eritrean school

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a8OoZ TIL a brinicle is formed when sea ice cracks and leaks saline water to the open ocean. The heavier-than-water brine sinks to the ocean floor while freezing the fresh water it comes in contact with, growing downward. A brinicle reaching the sea floor can catch creatures like sea urchins and starfish
R7m69 TIL that the song "Freaking Out the Neighborhood" by Mac Demarco is an apology to his mother for putting drumsticks up his ass
OoQBL TIL: Joshua Bell, one of the top violinists in the world played during rush hour in a DC metro station on his 3.5 million dollar violin. He acted like a normal street performer, It was an experiment to see if normal people would notice his musical talent. They did not.
gM7RD TIL that the first person to die in the American Revolution was African-American.
QJ9Ee TIL Jackie Robinson's brother Mack won silver in the 200m at the 1936 Berlin Olympics - behind Jesse Owens