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TIL astronomers have discovered a massive reservoir of water in the universe in vapor form that is equivalent to 140 trillion times the amount of water in the world's oceans.

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ge88 TIL of the “Navy eReader Device”, or NeRD, an e-reader developed by the United States Navy’s General Library Program for use aboard U.S. Navy submarines
87Da TIL The Mysterious Bloop Recorded in The Pacific Ocean in 1997 Is Not a Large Unknown Organic Species, But Rather Enormous Ice-Quakes.
yV8Xe TIL about the Oceanic White Tip, the only shark to be known to deliberately prey upon humans (as opposed to biting them).
e0b0E TIL that Willard's voice-overs for Apocalypse Now weren't performed by Martin Sheen, but by his brother Joe Estevez.
oBYNW TIL that calling the Apollo 11 landing site "Tranquility Base" was an idea Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin had right before their flight. The only person they told in advance was Charles Duke, their designated communication partner.