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TIL it took up to 16 days for some men to die at Pearl Harbor in the sunken ships

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LkYYp TIL that these tall mesh nets of 30 square meters are harvesting clouds - coulds that once were a cause of illness for the residents of Mt. Boutmezguida in Morocco's anti atlas mountains, today, are the solution for desertification of the area thanks to these mesh nets.
RR9a TIL Bing uses Google search results
mOGP TIL: Up until 1978, the Mormon Church taught that blacks were once an evil race of Jews who were coloured by God for their wickedness
neJ1o TIL that McDonald's infamous ice cream machines are not always "broken" but are usually being cleaned. The whole process takes over 4 hours and they can't serve ice cream during that time. They have to do this every day.
6Eegl TIL that part of the reason Neil Armstrong was given the honor of first man on the Moon was that he was more humble than the egotistical Buzz Aldrin