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KY17w TIL that in 1992 a storm knocked 28,800 plastic bath toys off a ship, and where the duckies washed up helped oceanographers map currents and time the North Pacific gyre at about 3 years per loop.
78xLP TIL that octopuses on ecstasy just want to cuddle. Scientists noted that while typically solitary, an octopus will become very social when given MDMA.
0daD1 TIL that every year an estimated 4.5 trillion cigarette butts are littered worldwide, making them the most littered item on the planet.