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TIL that Bull Island a 15KM^2 landmass in Dublin bay is an accidental man made island. Which began forming after two large sea walls were built in the 18th/19th century.

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yV8ew TIL a California woman filed a class-action lawsuit against Ferrero (maker of Nutella) after she was shocked to discover it wasn't healthy and that the chocolate spread she was feeding her 4 year-old daughter was full of sugar and fat. Ferrero lost and paid $3M over false nutritional claims
Mexe8 TIL the "big fat phony" guy from Family Guy is credited as "Holden Caulfield", Protagonist of Catcher in the Rye who often accuses people of being "phony".
9wrA6 TIL that, during production of Thor: The Dark World, Marvel decided that the Aether and previous MacGuffins would be used as Infinity Stones. In order to give each stone its own color, the red Orb in Guardians of the Galaxy was changed to purple in post-production.
b9wdN TIL Hugh Laurie gave Lin-Manuel Miranda the idea for the song "You'll Be Back" from Hamilton after guest starring on House in 2009. Miranda mentioned to Laurie he was trying to write a breakup letter from King George to the colonies and "without blinking, he improv'd at me, 'Awwww, you'll be back'."
0bGR TIL The Murchison meteorite that crashed in Australia contains uracil and xanthine (guanine derivative) nucleobases (DNA components) that were proven to be of non-Earth origin/contamination due to the amount of carbon-13.