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TIL In Belarus, a one-armed man was arrested for clapping

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LkgoZ TIL "Throwaway Living", a lifestyle of using single-use plastic items was promoted instead of cleaning up after. LIFE magazine (1955) - "The objects flying through the air would take 40 hours to clean, except that no housewife need bother. They are all meant to be thrown away after use."
0XOM TIL there is a mascot for Testicular Cancer Awareness called Mr. Balls, aka ‘Senhor Testiculo’.
wokKM TIL Hippos and cetaceans (orca, dolphins, whales, etc.) evolved from a common ancestor and are each others closest known relatives.
nWJ5P TIL Los Angeles was the first city in America to successfully embrace sushi. In 1966, a man named Noritoshi Kanai and his Jewish business partner, Harry Wolff, opened Kawafuku Restaurant in Little Tokyo.
v1vyB TIL that 160 container ships have the same carbon footprint as all the cars in the world combined, yet the emissions from container ships are not included in global carbon emissions testing as they are typically beyond national boundaries