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TIL Analysis of the world's most popular bottled water brands found that 90% of bottled water contains microplastics (tiny pieces of plastic)

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WOXd TIL that Irritable Male Syndrome, is when men experience a decrease in testosterone. This may cause hypersensitivity, frustration, anxiety, and anger. This happens on a monthly cycle like PMS in women.
yVyA8 TIL that a uranium mill operated from 1950-1984 in Moab Utah, leaving a large pile of contaminated waste on the banks of the Colorado River, endangering human, animal, and plant life all the way to Mexico. Clean-up is underway and will cost taxpayers as much as 1 billion dollars.
GWW5 TIL 8675309 is the fourth most common 7-digit password, number one of course is 1234567.
xRl5 TIL that Whitey Bulger, the notorious gangster, had served time in the maximum security prison of Alcatraz for four years. Later, while on the lam as one of America’s most wantef federal fugitives, he went back to tour the facility.
yVWQp TIL Paramount, the L.A. Times, and an ad firm paid $75,000 to settle negligence claims for a Mission Impossible III promotion which placed digital devices in 4500 news racks. The promotion caused a bomb scare which led to a sheriff's arson squad blowing up one of the news racks in Santa Clarita.