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TIL: The United States top export to China is Garbage

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JMeB TIL that a nomadic man travels the Pacific Northwest in a short bus offering free tea and friendship to anyone who will sit and converse with him in or around his bus.
4kV0J TIL that before the invention of regfrigeration in 1851, ice had to be imported to Australia from Boston, Massachusetts. The ice blocks travelled through the tropics inside ships insulated with timber, straw, peat, and sawdust
DQELP TIL that there is a type of cloud called "Morning Glory clouds" that can create rolling waves in the sky, stretching for thousands of kilometers! These rare clouds appear as a rolling tube of cloud that can move at speeds of up to 60 km/h, and can even create mini-tornadoes!
xV65o Does the drug commonly known as "bath salts" make you particularly crave the taste of human flesh? There's no scientific evidence that it does. But it certainly could lead to a bit of cannibalism as a side effect.
GkP7 TIL Peter Jackson hates the Dead Men of Dunharrow (Army of the Dead) in The Return of the King, but kept them in, so he wouldn’t disappoint die-hard fans.