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TIL that the 15 largest ships in the world contribute as much pollution to the environment as all of the cars in the world combined

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gMbmb TIL '90s tennis star Andre Aggasi's iconic long rock-star hair was a wig which required extensive preparation to remain on his head during play. Aggasi claimed he lost the 1990 French Open final because he was so preoccupied that it would fall off during the match.
KOMn4 TIL that Mexico's Great Pyramid of Cholula is the largest monument ever constructed on earth, having nearly twice the volume of the Great Pyramid of Giza. A pre-classical masterpiece, it was found to be part of a vast complex of interwoven rooms and temples. Excavations are ongoing.
Egd9x TIL Dr Benjamin Rush gained acclaim in Philadelphia during the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793 by bravely visiting up to 100 patients a day, however due to his aggressive treatments including bloodletting it’s argued how much he helped, with some claiming his treatments killed more than they saved.
xlnB TIL Persians invented freezers over 2400 years ago. They could even create ice throughout the long, hot summers in the desert.
WwEN TIL there is a common amoeba found in warm bodies of freshwater, and if insufflated (snorted) deeply into your sinus cavity, will begin to eat your optical nerve, move to your brain and eat that as well. Oh, and it has a fatality rate higher then the Ebola virus and the Bubonic plague.