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TIL that 90% of the plastic waste in the ocean comes from Asia & Africa

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VBn7m TIL that the male redback spider will assist his partner during sexual cannibalism by somersaulting toward her mouthparts. Because this allows him to mate only once, some find a juvenile female -- too young to eat him -- and break her exoskeleton to deliver his sperm for her to use when mature.
ZOED TIL that in South Africa,2009, an employee of an IT company complained that data would get transferred faster by carrier pigeon than on ASDL. Winston the pigeon armed with 4gb memory stick took two hours to carry the data 60 miles - in the same time the ADSL had sent 4% of the data.
VDnB TIL that, contrary to popular belief, >350 lb President William H. Taft did not get stuck in a White House bathtub. The White House got a tub that was so big a President couldn’t possibly get stuck. A Manhattan company specially crafted the largest solid porcelain tub ever made for an individual.
p8NVZ TIL that Tarzana, Los Angeles is named after John Clayton II, Viscount Greystoke a.k.a. Tarzan.
wL8J1 TIL Ketone bodies, unlike fats, can pass through the blood-brain barrier so help you survive 40+ days of starvation by providing energy for the brain