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TIL Gabe Newell owns marine research organization Inkfish, which operates "Limiting Factor" - a submersible which had previously reached Challenger Deep on multiple occasions and traveled to the deepest points of all five oceans.

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KOvM4 TIL A "Wellerism" is an expression that comedically uses a saying in the wrong situation, such as "We'll have to rehearse that, said the undertaker as the coffin fell out of the car." or "So I see, said the blind carpenter as he picked up his hammer and saw."
e0nD6 TIL Willie Nelson used to smoke 2-3 packs of cigarettes a day on top of smoking marijuana. After suffering pneumonia several times, he knew he had to quit one or the other. He chose to quit tobacco.
GYkmN TIL the writer of the Chili’s Baby Back Ribs jingle wrote it in 5 minutes, had the songwriting rights taken away from him, and has never had baby back ribs from Chili’s.
ZpalY TIL Crystal Cave in Mexico is so humid and warm that fluid will begin to condense in a person's lungs, and cause them to 'drown' if they linger too long inside.
4kaEg TIL that eels can travel over land for short distances by slithering through wet grass to reach new bodies of water.