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TIL that the real reason the ocean is salty is because the entire volume of the ocean is going inside the earth into magma chambers and out, every 6-8 million years, where it exchanges minerals it got from rivers, and we did not know this until 1979.

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vvLK TIL A woman can name any man she likes as the father of her baby, he gets a letter in the mail. If he does not prove he isn’t the father within 30 days, he is now the father and must pay child support. He cannot contest it.
p0aZ TIL that in the 1950’s, TV shows were not allowed to use the word “pregnant” as it was considered indecent
YQVW TIL a man robbed a bank by pretending to be a public health official and giving a fatal dose of cyanide to all 16 people in the bank under the pretense of a routine dysentery inoculation
9nW6 TIL that Scientology used to sponsor race cars in the 1980’s
W10L TIL Because of a successful marketing campaign 40 years ago, KFC chicken has become a traditional Christmas dinner in Japan. KFC is so popular that customers place their Christmas orders three months in advance.