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TIL that shrimp trawling can waste up to 20 lbs of “other fish” in order to get 1 lbs of shrimp. This is known as Bycatch

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X0EyP TIL about a flight which was forced to turn back due to a smelly poo
b5v4 TIL that pistol dueling with wax bullets was once an Olympic sport.
MeXD8 TIL that the Burj Khalifa is so tall that inhabitants above the 80th floor have to wait 2 additional minutes to break their Ramadan fast compared to people on the ground, while people above the 150th floor have to wait an additional 3 minutes.
eNeD TIL In Finland, nearly every newborn is sent home with a free, government-issued cardboard box. It contains clothes, blankets, and other newborn necessities, and the Baby Box itself - which is lined with a mattress - can be used as the child’s first bed.
aAMb TIL that the scientist Linnaeus proposed a flower clock based on the characteristic times of petal openings and closings for various species of flowers. If such a garden was built, it would be possible to tell the time of day just by looking out in the garden!