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TIL earthquake activity in Oklahoma increased from 2 a year to twice-daily over five years and scientists believe it’s because of human activity

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5YooB TIL Grey Worm from Game of Thrones is also a singer (a pretty good one as well)
jaZN TIL that a thread on Apple forums suggests that Macbooks are causing immense eyestrain to a certain percentage of the population and nobody knows why. The thread is 8 years old and 160 pages long and Apple is refusing to admit the problem.
x6pkB TIL that the Centralia Mine Fire in Centralia, Pennsylvania has been burning continuously since at least 1962. It stretches across 8 miles (13km) & at depths of up to 300ft (90m). It has made the surrounding land unstable & the residents were relocated
d8oaj TIL that even though seed-bearing plants evolved ~360 million years ago, all plants that bare flowers or fruits have only existed for the past ~140 million years. Before seeds, plants used to reproduce through spores. The only living ancestors of these plants are ferns, horsetails, lycophytes.
v1977 TIL if you want to name your child something that has never been used before in Iceland. You’ll have to go through the committee.