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TIL: That cruise ships cause significant environmental harm by burning bunker fuel, the "nastiest and deadliest" fuel in the world.

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kOPyW TIL that the 1985 movie ‘Young Sherlock Holmes’ was the first feature film to have a completely CGI character: the knight emerging from the stained glass window. The effect was created by Pixar’s John Lasseter, who was working at Lucasfilm at the time.
wo077 TIL the reason why things feel larger inside your mouth is because of incredibly dense nerve endings. These sensory receptors, in turn, act like a magnifying glass. See: Oral somatosensory awareness
kO9Qm TIL there is a McDonald's that is only used for filming and serves no food
E1DKd TIL the Unisphere, built in Queens, NY for the 1964 World’s Fair, had lights representing the capitals of the nations of the world, including one indicating the location of the Kahnawake Indian Reservation for the Mohawk Indians who helped build the monument.
Zp0pB Today I learned Saint Patrick of Ireland is also considered a saint within the Orthodox Church because he lived before the Great Schsim of 1054 between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.