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TIL The Padmanabhaswamy Temple in India has approximately $19 Billion worth of gold and precious stones kept in 8 onsite vaults. One vault is still unopened and what’s kept inside is still unknown.

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9YjlD TIL that the Gulf of Mexico has a dead zone: an area of hypoxic (less than 2 ppm dissolved oxygen) waters, which supports fewer organisms and has been linked to massive fish kills and can cover up to 6,000-7,000 square miles (9656-11265 square kilometers) at the mouth of the Mississippi River
l7Xl7 TIL that mushrooms are more closely related to humans than to plants.
5VPMR TIL that 76 federal agencies that are NOT law enforcement ( i.e. IRS, EPA, SSA) have armed agents with authority to use deadly force.
P5vZ TIL The idea of having the Olympic torch run from ancient Olympia to the host country was invented by the Nazis for the 1936 Berlin Summer Games.
XEe18 TIL that Northeast Greenland National Park is bigger than all but 29 countries in the world featuring 5000 - 15,000 Musk Oxen and no permanent human population.