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TIL that plankton perform 45% of Earth’s photosynthesis, yet are less than 1% of its total plant mass.

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o7XE TIL: If you use tonic water to make Jello-O, it will glow under a black light.
WaBN TIL that when a Russian jet crashed into a river, a captain of a 1898-built steam tugboat tied a rope around the cockpit window and towed the jet to shore with all passengers still inside.
Z8MXG TIL Australian child murderer, psychopath & pedophile Nicole Louise Pearce (born Paul Luckman) underwent gender-reassignment at state expense while incarcerated, was paroled in 1999 against the advice of majority professional opinion and repeatedly relocated to within close proximity of children
rNXvo TIL that 22 million people from the British Isles immigrated to the USA from 1815 to 1914. By comparison, by 1865 there were only 21 million living in Great Britain.
BrWvb TIL apples in Tibet turn purple due to the lower temper and the higher UV light.(less UV is filtered out because of the thinner atmosphere) They’re called Black diamond apples.