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TIL that the Earth likely has an underground ocean between the upper and lower mantle, with as much water as all the outer oceans combined

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161WW TIL about the artist Lee Lozano, who as a work of art titled: "Decide to Boycott Women", refused to speak or interact with other woman. It lasted the last 27 years of her life. She cut off all ties with female friends, family, fellow artists, and long-time supporters of her art.
YpQrr TIL that if you whisper to Alexa she whispers back. I was not specifically sober per se, it was pretty late at night, and it was both creepy and seductive. Fun feature though!
ep075 TIL French composer Olivier Messiaen wrote his avant garde masterpiece "Quartet For The End Of Time", inspired by Book Of Revelation and birdsong, on a prisoner-of-war camp in Görlitz, Germany on the available instruments. It was also premiered there in 1941.
ADJR4 TIL Before the British partitioned India, the spoken language of Urdu and Hindi was referred to collectively as “Hindustani”. When India became independent, Gandhi wanted to keep this Hindustani language. But later Urdu became official language of Pakistan, and Hindi, official language of India
jNO1Q TIL Excess Weight Can Weaken The Flu Shot