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TIL Pressure differentials can trap and kill divers underwater

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9YmvG TIL about 14 cargo ships that were stranded in the Suez Canal for 8 years, whose crews all decided to form a micronation
AWg4 TIL there is a population of radioactive wild boars in Germany, caused by Chernobyl disaster two decades ago. And their number is rising.
gL64 TIL the name Caesar was pronounced “kaisar” in latin, just like the german word “Kaiser” (emperor in english)
X0AN8 TIL the population of vultures in South Asia has decreased by 99.95% since the 1990s. Researchers discovered the culprit to be an anti-inflammatory drug, Diclofenac, which was being commonly administered to livestock. This represents the sharpest rate of decline of any animal known to man.
VB7vQ TIL It only took humans 11 years to start a World War following the invention of the airplane.