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TIL at least 1/3 of the Great Barrier Reef is already bleached

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b98XE TIL: Not much is known about him, but scholars know that William Shakespeare had a son who died at the age of 11. His name was "Hamnet."
Z8nbp TIL Bilingual reduced emotional resonance is a fairly well-established phenomenon were many bilinguals report “feeling less” in their second language, which might make it easier to use highly emotional vocabulary, and swear.
EgkwX TIL that in 1833 Britain used 40% of its national budget to free all slaves in the Empire. The loan for the Slavery Abolition Act was so large that it was not paid off until 2015.
4LKJ TIL that in 1983 a skull fragment was found in a bog in England and was reported to the authorities. They then pulled in a man suspected of murdering his wife who confessed to the act. The fragment was found to have belonged to a woman that died in 250 CE and the man was still tried and convicted.
EJNW TIL: The first new antibiotic in 30 years has been discovered.