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TIL about the Maritime response following the September 11 attacks, which was the largest sea evacuation in world history. Rescuing 500,000 people in 9 hours

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yVjWa TIL the first scientific article on the greenhouse effect was published back in 1856, 165 years ago! The article was written by a female scientist - Eunice Newton Foote
nW9Oo TIL of Chief Tuskaloosa, the giant Paramount Chieftain of modern day Alabama, who was killed in combat with the forces of Spanish Conquistador Hernando de Soto in 1540. The modern city of Tuscaloosa, Alabama is named in his honor.
D6lp TIL Lake Vostok, the 16th largest lake in the world, was only confirmed to exist in 1993. It’s located in Antarctica beneath a 4km ice sheet. The average water temperature is around −3 °C; it remains liquid below freezing point because of high pressure from the weight of the ice above it
nRlB TIL that in Deep Blue’s first game against Garry Kasparov, the computer made a move that puzzled the grandmaster so much, it made him believe the machine had superior intelligence. It threw Garry off his game, and ultimately cost him the match. The move was the result of a bug in Deep Blue’s code.
kJ5n5 TIL that whales have earwax and it's used to determine a whale's age.