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TIL There are thought to be 100,000 uncharted mountains under the sea.

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glBW TIL that in Quebec, Canada, KFC is called PFK (‘Poulet Frit Kentucky’ - French for 'Kentucky Fried Chicken’), whereas in France it is still called KFC.
5Vndp TiL the little red-haired girl, Charlie Brown's crush, was based off a woman that Charles Schulz courted who ultimately married a different suitor. Schulz described it as an "emotionally damaging" event. "What a bitter blow that is. A blow to everything that you are."
KYQv6 TIL that Indiana cardiologist Edward Harlamert broke the Guinness World Record for stents (34) by implanting at least 41 into his patient's coronary arteries, for a total of 48 stents in the man's chest. (Harlamert is now named in a malpractice complaint for stents by said patient and others.)
Yp06v TIL the green falling code in The Matrix is just loads of sushi recipes.
Dbgv TIL that a boy in France was actually raised by wolves in the late 1700s and was not discovered and brought back to society until he was 12, where he continuously tried to escape back into the wild.