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TIL Hawaii’s ecosystem has no seagulls

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rR8VW TIL: That someone calculated possible dates where Ice Cube's "Today Was A Good Day" could have happened. Other individuals found other potential dates, but the first discovered date was January 20, 1992.
v1ZW4 TIL that the famous ‘Hillary Step’, a challenging climb near the summit of Mount Everest, collapsed due to an earthquake, and is no longer a feature on the mountain.
gxv7 TIL there is a 50,000 word novel that was written without using a single word containing the letter “e”
WkyJ8 TIL that the song "Christmas Eve (12/24 Sarajevo)", by the Trans Siberian Orchestra, tells the story of an elderly cellist returning to his war-torn home country. He played Christmas carols in the middle of town while the area was bombed by the Serbs.
9wZw7 TIL of Gabe Sonnier, a man who started off as a janitor in a Louisiana elementary school until one day in 1985, when he was inspired by the then-principal to take up teaching. Gabe was 39 years old when he started studying for a teaching degree. He’s now the principal of that elementary school.