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TIL that pink dolphins are just sun burnt albino dolphins

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6EZWw TIL that evaporation of the man-made Salton Sea has caused algal blooms from concentrated fertilizer runoff, botulism-tainted fish, massive bird die-offs that required 24/7 incineration of the carcasses, and toxic, foul-smelling clouds of dust that wafted into Los Angeles.
d8ymE TIL that Matthew Perry was addicted to painkillers, and revealed that due to his addiction, he doesn't remember filming seasons 3 to 6 of Friends
OGZWX TIL: the “old Duke rate”; a legal loophole that allows electric consumers in South Carolina pay the same rate for electricity that they have been since 1966
v1G9D TIL that a marine scientist accidentally invented a way to make corrals grow 25-40 times faster, making large scale reef restoration a possibility
1aW77 TIL the Iroquois Theater in Chicago was billed as "Absolutely Fireproof" in advertisements when it opened. It lasted 37 days before being destroyed in what is still the deadliest single-building fire in U.S. history, leaving 602 dead and 250 injured.