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TIL about asphalt volcanoes that form in the deep sea at around 3,000 meters depth, providing a niche ecosystem with nutrients and sometimes take strange forms like the "Tar Lily"

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1ayvX TIL about the Eight Immortals, members of the Communist Party of China who held substantial power during the late 20th century. Their descendants possess extensive wealth, outrank and possess greater prestige than most party officials due to their lineage, and can overrule most party decisions.
W8lN TIL 4% of the sand on Normandy beaches is made up of shrapnel from D-Day landings, broken down over the decades into sand-sized chunks.
e0Wd4 TIL that since 2016, the U.S.'s suicide rate is so high that it has contributed to the CDC's reported drop in American life expectancy
dD747 TIL: North Korea is home to an Orthodox Church despite being an anti-christian state
nebRo TIL that Sylvester the Cat is named after the scientific name of Cats: Felis silvestris