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TIL Richard “Cheech” Marin beat Anderson Cooper in Jeopardy! Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational.

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E1Lx7 TIL in 1971, the first person to successfully escape America’s first “SUPERMAX” prison said he did it to bring attention to his water desalination research
R7aV9 TIL the world’s oldest pool of water was found 2 miles down a Canadian mineshaft and dated at ~2 billion years old. By observing the sulphate in the water, researchers were also able to confirm that single-celled organisms had inhabited the pool at some point.
moLO TIL Ted Nugent dodged the draft by pooping in his pants for a week
rNyDW TIL that nearly two-thirds of all meteorites discovered on Earth are found in Antarctica.
QJnbe TIL that an ancient underwater temple, originally considered a myth, was discovered in India after a deadly Tsunami parted the sea, revealing it's location.