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TIL that Mexico has created a marine reserve large than Greece to help protect wildlife. The reserve will have all fishing and hotel developments banned in the area. The aim is to help replenish fish stocks and save animals like the Vaquita, of which there are only dozens left.

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xVYko TIL during the persecution of English Catholics, Nicholas Owen built secret compartments called "priest holes" into Catholic houses to hide priests from being rounded up. 400 years later some may still be undiscovered, since Owen was tortured to death rather than give up their locations.
QZbe TIL that in 1848 light-skinned slave Ellen Craft, unable to travel with him as a woman, escaped with her dark-skinned husband by pretending to be both a white man and her husband’s owner. They traveled openly, first class, a thousand miles north from Georgia to freedom.
mM TIL that without the support of Lucille Ball (“I Love Lucy”) Star Trek may have ceased to exist.
wLo5M TIL Germany's digital infrastructure only has a 59% 4G coverage. That is less than any Eastern European country's and way less than the US (87%). This despite being one of Europe's wealthiest countries and a hub of innovation, industry and commerce.
0d5nL TIL about the "Three Hares Motif". The three hares is a circular motif appearing in sacred sites from China, the Middle East and churches and synagogues of Europe. ts origins and original significance are uncertain, as are the reasons why it appears in such diverse locations.