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TIL that according to Astronomy Magazine's list of "Seven Wonders of the Solar System", the Earth's greatest wonder is our oceans.

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QZmX TIL that in January of this year, scientists in Antarctica discovered fish and other aquatic animals living in a subglacial lake, beneath a roof of ice 740 meters thick.
ANxdd TIL The Walter Knott Built a Brick-by-Brick Replica of Independence Hall - in Buena Park, CA at Knott’s Berry Farm
jN4rQ TIL during China's Cultural Revolution, in one province, there were multiple gruesome instances of cannibalism (not due to hunger) motivated purely by ideological zeal
epwyD Today I learned that people with poor eyesight tend to be more intellectually inclined.
W87X TIL there’s a philosophical razor called “Newton’s Flaming Laser Sword,” which states that what cannot be settled by experiment is not worth debating. It is said to be “much sharper and more dangerous than Occam’s Razor”