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TIL most of our oxygen actually comes from oceanic plankton.

Read more oceanservice.noaa.gov

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6o0Q TIL Chemotherapy drugs to fight cancer were discovered in WW1 where the effects of mustard gas on surviors reduced the amount of rapidly dividing cells like white blood cells. First drug developed based on this research was called Mustine.
loXb7 TIL that a man called 911 after he was cut in half by a train.
Kyl4 TIL bulbs used in the IMAX projectors are under such high pressure, handlers are required to wear body armor when changing them.
yQmQ8 Today i learned of the Gwangju Massacre of May 1980 in South Korea, where Gwangju citizens were massacred for wanting democracy, independence, and reunification
XDbQ TIL that for the last four years the Super Bowl winner played the Eagles in their home opener