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TIL a giant leopard seal tried to adopt a national geographic photographer

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XE956 TIL on Jan 23, 1960, about 9 years before the moon landing, Jacques Picard and John Welsch reached the deepest point in the ocean, known as The Challenger Deep. They descended into the Mariana Trench for 4 hours and 47 minutes in a submarine barely large enough to fit the two men.
78aZX TIL any bullet fired into the air that's heavier than a .22LR - and even that if fired close to vertically - can be lethal on the way down.
ylrl TIL Waiters’ Perception That Black People Tip Less is Actually True. Research From Cornell Hotel School.
9wDKm TIL: That of the eight finalists from the 1988 Olympic men's 100m final, eventual bronze medalist Calvin Smith was the only athlete to never fail a drug test during his career. Smith later said: "I should have been the gold medalist."
NXjnE TIL after winning 4 Stanley Cups with the Edmonton Oilers in the first 9 years of his career, Wayne Gretzky moved to the US and played 11 more seasons with 3 different teams without winning the Cup again