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TIL Fish waste excretion is crucial to the survival and growth of coral reefs, and in reefs where fishing occurs, nearly half of the key nutrients from fish waste excretion are absent from the ecosystem.

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PYk9O TIL that traditional Bavarian pretzels are made with lye (sodium hydroxide), the same caustic chemical used to clear drains and dissolve bodies.
oBvoK TIL 171,000 people perished in 1975 China due to the collapse of the Banqiao Dam, an event hidden from the world until 2005.
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