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Today I learned what a molar pregnancy is.

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gMdM8 TIL about elevator operator Betty Oliver, who survived a 75-story fall from the Empire State Building in 1945 when a B-25 crashed into it due to fog. 3 crewman and 11 people in the building died. Betty, who died in 1999, still holds the Guinness World Record for longest survived elevator fall.
kJZpd TIL that the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of Earth’s oceans, descends nearly 11 kilometers (about 36,000 feet) into complete darkness. Down there, temperatures are near freezing, and the pressure is over 1,000 times greater than at sea level enough to crush most human-made submarines.
lm8B TIL Despite having survived on Earth for millions of years, Sturgeon are now more critically endangered than any other species due to increased demand for caviar, over fishing and pollution.
1Ko8 TIL H. L. Mencken when writing about the US Presidency predicted that “On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”