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TIL Middle East deserts were once home to rivers, lush green grassland with hippos: Study

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W7o64 TIL that scientist Lynn Margulis, famous for the idea that mitochondria and chloroplasts were once free-roaming prokaryotes, was at one time married to astronomer Carl Sagan.
PrMJ TIL that there is a Russian version of It’s Always Sunny In Philidelphia called В Москве всегда солнечно, or “It’s Always Sunny in Moscow.” It is about four friends that own a bar called “Philadelphia.”
b6o8a TIL It took 20,000 hours of underwater repairs but the United States managed to refloat a majority of the battleships sunk at Pearl Harbor. Recovered ships including the USS West Virginia, USS California, USS Tennessee, USS Maryland, and USS Pennsylvania all fought in the Philippines.
nlyW TIL That it is possible to make $45,000 a year by turning in discarded race wagers.
PYMlw TIL deaf schizophrenics hallucinate a disembodied hand signing when they "hear voices"