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TIL Matthew McConaughey teaches a film class at University of Texas

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V7wQ TIL that the deepest layer of the ocean, the hadopelagic zone, is named after the realm of Hades, the Greek underworld. This ranges from 6000m (3.7 miles) deep, down to the very lowest reaches. Populations are sparsest here, and are believed to be sustained by marine snow and thermal vents.
pY7JZ TIL residents of Tangier Island, 12 miles off the coast of Virginia, have remained so isolated they still speak a dialect similar to the original colonists from the 1700s
0wDmp TIL Industrial designer Sara Little Turnbull was hired in 1958 by 3M to design a new bra cup. She ended up designing the N95 respirator.
6EYp8 TIL Cleopatra Was Not Egyptian
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