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TIL Clementines can be used as candles.

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AA1l TIL that between 18,000-60,000 years ago, ducks the size of horses roamed around Australia.
9YNRX TIL U.S.P.S, FedEx and UPS have tipping regulatuions. U.S.P.S A non-monetary gift under $20 is appropriate. FedEx drivers can receive tips and gifts, but they should not exceed $75. UPS prefers its drivers to receive gifts, rather than cash.
oG4L TIL that in the novel, Forrest Gump goes to space on a NASA mission. It crash lands on an island where he’s stuck for years. These scenes weren’t in the movie, but Tom Hanks did go on to star in Apollo 13 and Castaway.
yQe1w TIL Canada's CBC studied purity of bottled water to find microplastics found in 93% of bottled water tested in global study
oBN9K TIL when Hiroshima was bombed, Tokyo's first indication that Hiroshima was destroyed by a new kind of bomb came 16 hours after the strike and originally thought reports of an explosion was just a rumour.