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TIL that a marine scientist accidentally invented a way to make corrals grow 25-40 times faster, making large scale reef restoration a possibility

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VWy8 TIL that the Swiss civil war lasted only one month and ended with only 100 casualties, most of which were the result of friendly fire.
l7Y1G TIL Doris Miller joined the Navy as a mess assistant, one option for a black man. During the Pearl Harbor attack he saved several lives and successfully manned an anti-aircraft gun with no training, until the ship started to sink. He was killed in 1943. An aircraft carrier is named in his honor.
8aabX Here’s your cheat sheet for stoking the furnace during winter workouts
QRL TIL there is a lake that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
rGPM TIL someone actually raised his son to speak Klingon as a first language. The boy ultimately stopped responding to his father, forcing him to abandon the “project” after 5 years.