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TIL the deepest fish ever recorded was found at a depth of 8,336 meters, more than twice the depth of the Titanic.

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rR9JW TIL that after firefighters saved piglets from a barn fire, 6 months later the farmer sent them sausages made from the piglets as a thank you gift
OGPwR TIL that “Madison” was nearly unheard of as a girls’ name until 1984. In the film “Splash,” released that year, Daryl Hannah’s character names herself Madison after reading a street sign. Tom Hanks’ character tells her that Madison isn’t a real name.
ANrg4 TIL the Mu Us desert in China was completely wiped out by reforestation efforts
gMn0y TIL that the Wait Calculation suggest that we should not do interstellar travel if we can't get to our destination within 50 years because if the current civilization still can advance in propulsion system velocity, a future mission will pass the previous one and get there faster.
M68a TIL the color of the glass in a sprinkler system is indicitave of the temperature at which it will activate - orange being the lowest at 135 degrees and black being the highest at up to 625 degrees