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TIL Puerto Rico is the tip of an enormous ancient mountain that descends more than 30,000 feet to the floor of the Caribbean Sea, taller even than Mount Everest

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a8Aoy TIL Sally Ride the first female astronaut in space was asked by NASA if 100 tampons was enough for a 6 day trip to space
ne0ed TIL that apple pie isn't really an American dish!
a8EGb TIL the froghopper holds the record for highest recorded jump by an insect at 70 cm (28 in). The rough human equivalent is a 6-ft man jumping 600-ft in a single bound. When a froghopper jumps, it endures a G-force of more than 414 times its own weight, whereas, astronauts endure a G-force of 6 or 7.
R7WJa TIL the reef stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa) is not only a master predator but one of the most venomous fish in the world, even lethal to humans. Its appearance is that of a crusty rock affording the fish uncanny camouflage. Each of its 13 dorsal spines has two venom sacs containing 3 deadly toxins.
WkMNA TIL of Norman Borlaug, a scientist who developed and promoted higher-yield wheat, started the Green Revolution, and may have saved over a billion lives through better agriculture.