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TIL The Statue of Liberty is geographically located in New Jersey, not New York

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wLARY TIL why the sky is blue. White light (which is made up of all the colors) comes from the sun, and hits our atmosphere, which breaks it apart. Blue light has a higher frequency than most other colors, so it scatters much faster, filling our skies.
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1avD8 TIL Sperm whales are the loudest animal on the planet, sperm whales uses echolocation and vocalization as loud as 236 decibels
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OGy6L TIL That the Sea of Japan has almost no perceptible tides.