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TIL 73 years ago, San Benedicto rock wren became extinct when the island they lived on erupted.

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16JdW TIL Of Fisheries Observers who are employed to monitor fishing boat practices and compliance. They work alone on boats often thousands of kilometers from port. It is a dangerous job and they disappear often.
GY8A7 TIL about The Lainz Angels of Death. Four nurses aides from Lainz, Vienna who confessed to murdering 49 patients over 6 years (could have been as many as 200). All were convicted in 1991 and have been subsequently released.
N8MJ TIL that the deepest layer of the ocean, the hadopelagic zone, is named after the realm of Hades, the Greek underworld. This ranges from 6000m (3.7 miles) deep, down to the very lowest reaches. Populations are sparsest here, and are believed to be sustained by marine snow and thermal vents.
XyOP TIL John Davis, creator of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, was invited to see the last shuttle launch. Two guys at the launch approached him and asked if he created the show. After confirming to them that he did, they replied, “You’re the reason we went to work for NASA!”
1axDW TIL: A Sloth Can Hold Its Breath for 40 Minutes Underwater,Longer than a Dolphin