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TIL There are organisms that live off of acidic mine drainage, including at a highly toxic Superfund site.

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ANGNg TIL: There are several studies that prove heterosexual men act differently around women, but in unexpected ways. Men are more likely to jaywalk, wait until the last second to dash onto a bus, take more risks while gambling, volunteer/donate more, etc. The effects are strongest in single young men.
neJ9Y TIL - in 2015, Nathan Fielder became aware that his favorite jacket company Taiga had published a tribute to Holocaust denier Doug Collins in one of their winter catalogues. So he created his own company to raise awareness of The Holocaust. He also gives free exchanges for Taiga coats.
Brx5k TIL during the 2008-9 financial crisis, the Jamaican Central Bank said that "Everyone should just chill out".
xngg TIL when Forrest Gump gets up to talk at the Vietnam rally in Washington, and you cannot hear him, he says, “Sometimes when people go to Vietnam, they go home to their mommas without any legs. Sometimes they don’t go home at all. That’s a bad thing. That’s all I have to say about that.”
R7PRQ TIL Australia's flora is so advanced that it doesn't kill you but can get you to kill yourself