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TIL the Mediterranean Sea went into a cycle of partial or near complete drying-up from 5.96 to 5.33 million years ago, when the precursor of the Strait of Gibraltar closed off sealing the Sea off from the Atlantic Ocean. The period ended with a flood when the Atlantic reclaimed the basin.

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yQnmp TIL of Charles Ramsey, a Cleveland man who was key in the rescue of 3 women & a child from over a decade of captivity in a neighbor's home. When word got out he was eating a Big Mac when he heard a woman's cries for help, over a dozen Ohio restaurants pledged to offer him a free burger anytime.
9YYdB TIL Scientists accidentally killed oldest animal Ming the clam at age 507 years old, which was born before Colombus discovered America and before Henry VIII had even married his first wife Catherine of Aragon
X0KWr TIL Michael Jackson donated over $500 million to 39 charities and Tupac Shakur personally funded college educations for over 100 students, both making most of their donations anonymously despite their public personas.
85L4 TIL A 19 year old man once nearly died from drinking a quart of Soy Sauce. He holds the record for highest blood sodium level ever measured without brain damage
XJ7j TIL that in 1957, the KKK planned to set up a burning cross at a college in Alabama that recently integrated. However, because it was finals week, the students were all in their dorms and heard the KKK outside. The students then attacked the KKK with bats and golf clubs and forced them to retreat.