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TIL 1998, the largest chemical company in the world (Syngenta) determined that their weedkiller Atrazine interfered with hormones; after exposure to atrazine, frogs that were genetic males became completely functioning reproductive females.

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1X9D TIL all diamonds will eventually decay into graphite
nry7 TIL that workers in the UK can’t be forced to work over 48 hours a week unless they have opted out of this restriction.
LkX1r TIL Black Sabbath's debut album in 1970 began with the sound of rain and a distant church bell. 43 years later, in 2013, their final album ended with the sound of rain and a distant church bell.
Brw9d TIL that high-school kids in the very north of Minnesota have to cross the Canada–United States border to go to school
4Y5w TIL that due to popular misconceptions, US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration keeps a webpage explaining “Why don’t we try to destroy tropical cyclones by nuking them”