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TIL that boiling water can remove microplastics

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4Qro TIL there’s a group of tribes in the Amazon that’s so linguistically diverse that having a spouse that speaks the same language as you is considered a kind of incest.
nenLb TIL that out of all 77 restaurants that appeared on Kitchen Nightmares (US), only 16 remain open as of 2019. The latest restaurant to close was La Galleria 33 in November 2018.
x6VXk TIL Before the 1930s, the US 45th Infantry division's symbol was a red square with a yellow Hooked Cross, a tribute to the large Native American population in the southwestern United States.
J1lG4 TIL about childlore which is the folk culture of children between the ages of about 6 and 15. As a branch of folklore it is concerned with activities learnt and passed on by children to other children.
OokY4 TIL Ringworm isn’t actually caused by worms. It’s a fungal infection that got its name because the rash looks like a worm, not because it’s caused by a worm.