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TIL that more than 50% of the oxygen produced on earth is from photosynthesizers in the ocean, such as Prochlorococcus and phytoplankton.

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N74G1 TIL North Carolina is the one state where the law explicitly says men are allowed to finish sex even if the woman revokes consent
N70aQ TIL that one of the oldest and most massive organisms, Pando, is dying.
dovj TIL as early as 3,400 years ago, ancient Danes were being buried with Egyptian-made jewelry, including beads from the same workshop as King Tut’s death mask. A researcher working on the beads believes that there might be a connection between Egyptian and ancient Nordic religion.
8eXrG TIL The island of Key West, Florida declared independence from the US in 1982 to protest a border patrol checkpoint on their only exit road. Today they still have their own anthem, flag, and passports.
w9Qo TIL in 2004, doctors treating a virginal Japanese woman discovered an ovarian tumor that had grown into the form of a doll and had a brain, eye, spinal nerve, ear, teeth, thyroid gland, bone, bone marrow, gut, trachea, and blood vessels.