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TIL that the original idea for earth day came from a Pentecostal peace activist.

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PYeMn TIL of a Krasue, a Southeast Asian creature of folklore. The entity appears as the floating head of a beautiful girl but has internal organs hanging out below the neck. It floats through the night dragging its entrails and is said to eat both humans and animals. It drinks blood and eats organs.
XvmE TIL if a movie extra states 13 or more words in any scene, they must become a contracted actor in that production. [X-post from /r/extrawoods]
1Rpr TIL that Reddit named a whale Mister Splashy Pants via a Greenpeace contest. Greenpeace didn’t want that to be the name of the whale, but the publicity was too good to turn up.
neAjB TIL The Salton Sea was once a popular resort visited by celebrities, and California's most productive fishery. It became polluted by agricultural runoff, causing large die-offs of birds and fish. It's now drying up, and airborne dust from the exposed lake bed threatens the health of millions.
AD1wd TIL Alex Trebek married his second wife, Jean, when he was 50 and she was 27. They've been married 30 years.