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TIL cigarette butts are the ocean's single largest source of trash

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o1Jr TIL Barbara Lee was the only member of congress to vote no on the AUMF after 9/11 stating “It was a blank check to the president to attack anyone involved in the September 11 events—without regard to our nation’s long-term foreign policy, national security interests, and without time limit.”
xnYB TIL Scatman John’s 1994 hit came after a long jazz piano career, non-vocal due to a debilitating stutter. He later saw scatting as purposeful stuttering to be used w/ his lyrics to remove shame. He went on to hit #1 in 14 countries, 32 Platinum & Golds, & break world records for music sales @53 y.o.
dDRj7 TIL the Royal Canadian Mint was making limited silver coins in the shapes of dinosaurs
78MDP Today I learned Gatorade created a sport institute that successfully influenced the sport industry into thinking that we must drink (their) beverages otherwise we will cramp.
JY5vV TIL that in old Nokia phones, the notification tone for an SMS was simply 'SMS' in Morse