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JYkxQ TIL: Itaconic acid, an enzyme produced by fungi, is used to make Legos. The enzyme is also used in UV coatings and printing ink and some radiation-loving mushrooms were even used to clean up the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan.
nj9d TIL there is a haunted island in Mexico covered in dolls. a little girl drowned in the river awhile back, and the owner drowned in the same place in 2001. natives say the possessed dolls killed him. they also say the dolls open their eyes and move on their own…
oBGdY TIL in order to film on the island featured in 'Cast Away', the location manager Mary Morgan had to meet with the chieftains several times, perform ceremonial prayers, give and receive ceremonial gifts, and get permission from the chiefs and their 80 family members.
xKgw TIL Kid Rock has full custody of his son and demanded $25 a week child support from the child’s mother when she requested more visitation time.
bkd7 TIL that the company that created Zyklon B, the gas that was used to kill millions of Jews in the Holocaust, still exists, it is currently a pest control company.