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TIL There is a beach in the Maldives that has a glowing blue tide at night.

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m7ey TIL Red Cross raised half a billion dollars in donations for the Haiti earthquake recovery, but only built 6 houses
D1lwY TIL of the California Genocide, an oft-forgotten event in U.S. history due to occurring at the same time at the California Gold Rush. The Native American population of California decreased from as many as 150,000 in 1848 to 30,000 in 1870. Tribes such as the Yahi were hunted to extinction.
nbbd TIL that the Greenland Shark has the longest lifespan of any vertebrate (up to 500 years), and doesn’t even reach sexual maturity until they are 150 years old
Bra5y TIL that Actor Noah Wyle, after simulating the procedure for over a decade as a t.v. doctor, successfully inserted a working I.V. into a fallen crew member on set.
4XkrJ TIL that Irish avant-garde playwright Samuel Beckett used to drive a young Andre the Giant to school because he was too large for the bus