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TIL One Gallon of Oil Can Contaminate One Million Gallons of Fresh Water

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5MYR TIL that in 1986 a convict escaped during a prison transfer. A week later he returned in a stolen helicopter and broke out his girlfriend.
oBNVA TIL that Trey Parker and Matt Stone lost the Oscar for Best Song to Phil Collins in 1999. As a result they brutally satirized him in the episode “Timmy 2000.” They have him sing a parody of “You’ll Be In My Heart,” get booed off stage, and then had his Oscar shoved up his ass.
Aped TIL that mammals tend to have twice the number of teats as the typical number of offspring that would be born at once; this is why humans have two breasts
7rxAM TIL The Smallpox virus is the first and only infectious human disease to be completely eradicated; the last known case occurred in 1978. Small quantities of the virus still exist in two secure laboratories though; one in the USA and the other in Russia.
a9AM TIL Of The Existence Of A Website Which Removes The Final Panel From Peanuts Comic Strips. “With The Last Panel Omitted, Despair Pervades All.”