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TIL earthquake activity accounts for the majority of noise at the ocean's deepest point

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RbQl TIL that there is an island in Japan where there are 3 sacred rules: no cutting down trees, no giving birth, and no dying…
8ea6Z TIL United States Postal Service vehicles don’t have license plates
OWe4 TIL that comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with Jupiter in 1994, after being broken apart from Jupiter’s tidal gravity. One fragment struck the planet’s surface with the estimated energy of 6 million megatons of TNT (600 times the world’s nuclear arsenal) and created a dark spot over 12,000 km across.
loaYa TIL that the 'PSV' in the name of the Dutch football club PSV Eindhoven translates to 'Philips Sports Union', and was originally formed to serve the need for leisure activities of Philips employees.
e0gvb TIL Muhammad Ali Once Helped Negotiate the Release of 15 U.S. Hostages in Iraq