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TIL that the discovery of oil as a fuel was an environmental miracle for whales as it made hunting whales for their oil far less competitive.

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xRyw TIL in 2004, when asked about how he got the emails, addresses and pictures of so many people using Facebook Mark Zuckerburg replied “People just submitted it. I don’t know why. They "trust me”. Dumb f**ks.“
xVBLB TIL that parents in Nordic countries have their babies nap outside in subzero temperatures so they sleep longer and better
X0LR6 TIL Ginza street in Tokyo Japan is closed to cars on certain timings during weekends and public holidays.
8ZLV TIL the reason Saran Wrap sucks now is because the company that makes it decided to remove an environmentally harmful ingredient, despite knowing that it would hurt sales
epMOg TIL of Rough and Tumble Fighting or "Gouging", a martial art attested from rural southern and frontier areas in the 18th and 19th centuries in which mutilation of the opponent was a basic fighting technique (disturbing description)