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TIL about Project Loon which provides internet to devastated areas of the world via balloons in the Stratosphere.

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oRrpL TIL that Wasabi is one of the most medicinally active plants on Earth and one of the 7 main culinary ingredients in Japan
0wVb5 TIL Non-avian Dinosaurs would have not gone extinct if the asteroid hit anywhere else but the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico.
V55p TIL That you weigh more in London than in Bangkok due to variations in gravity along the earth’s surface
mx6No TIL Sailors from 1700-1980 used distillation of sea water to create safe drinking water and current navy fleets can desalinate more than a million of gallons of water a day and be used in times of drought on land.
QJebd TIL fungus growing in Chernobyl can make up for light shield against radiation in terms of armor and help space travel