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TIL there was a woman who grew tired of her Russian adopted son’s violent behavior, so she sent him back on a one-way flight to the country from whence he came with a half-page note explaining the situation.

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dDWWd TIL that the mayor of New York City wanted to secede from the Union at the outbreak of the Civil War
NM7Q TIL some deep sea sea cucumbers can slough off their bioluminscent skin upon contact, thus turning their predators into targets
kOwb7 TIL of John Von Neumann, a mathematician polymat that invented computers (the architecture in every digital computer today), a precursor theory of DNA without having been a biologist, played a pivotal in creating the Atom bomb, and laid out the mathematical framework for quantum mechanics.
W7QO8 TIL that the Arctic Tern, because of its migratory route, can live two summers a year; it is, of all living beings, the one that receives the most sunlight during its life. It can travel an average of 70,900 km per year and live up to 30 years.
awdQN TIL that cigarette butts are more frequently polluted in the ocean than all plastic items