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TIL that the inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter

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M4DB TIL Leif Erikson, a Viking, and the first known European explorer of North America, called the large landmass south of Newfoundland as ‘Irland it Mikla’ or 'Greater Ireland’.
mxJ1x TIL that "Gish gallop" is a debate technique that focuses on overwhelming an opponent with as many arguments as possible without regard for accuracy or strength of the arguments
R7wm1 TIL there's a floating island called "Spiral Island" in Mexico that was destroyed by Hurricane Emily in 2005. It was rebuilt in 2008, and is made of plastic.
VBKn4 TIL that India's name is based on Indus River which flows through Pakistan.
gMMlL TIL that 60% of Plastic Pollution in the Oceans comes from 5 nations (China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam)