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TIL of water hole in Death Valley Nevada devil’s hole. Not affected by rainwater indicating ancient water. Connected to vast aquifer. Water sloshes around during quakes up to 2000 miles away like bathtub with waves up to 2m. Quakes from Chile and Japan have affected the water surface here

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GYgQN TIL when firing the Germans biggest cannon in WW1, they had to move 300 yards away and fire it electrically. They were still so close they required cotton wadding in their eyes, nose and ears, and fired it with their mouth open to prevent the gun from blowing out their ear drums.
jbGa TIL that All six members of Monty Python expressed interest in playing Willy Wonka in “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”, but at the time they were deemed not big enough names for an international audience
m1YMM TIL that Vince Guaraldi, the jazz pianist best known for composing music for animated television adaptations of the Peanuts comic strip, including their signature melody "Linus and Lucy" was a friend of the Grateful Dead, was on one of their album covers, and even sat in with the band.
aVRA TIL Micro USB cables are designed to absorb the mechanical wear of the connection, so that after thousands of connections and disconnections only the cable needs to be replaced instead wearing out the port on the device.
pJY8 TIL If all 600 muscles in your body pulled in one direction, you could lift 25 tons.