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TIL that the EPA was founded as a response to an overly polluted river catching fire in 1969

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9YkxQ "On average, the penguins dove 90.2 metres (98.64 yards) deep, but sometimes went as deep as 450 metres (492 yards)."
4kNPJ TIL MegaUpload was relaunched as Mega.nz
JYjX4 TIL a pig named Lulu saved her owner’s life while the owner was having a heart attack. The pig heard the cries for help, forced her way out of the yard and ran into the road and ‘played dead’ to stop the traffic. A driver stopped and the pig led him to the trailer, he heard the woman and called 911.
6gMQ TIL that the solar system is currently traveling through an interstellar cloud that is as hot as the surface of the sun and 30 light years long.
68rX TIL In 2002 George Harrison knocked Aaliyah off the top spot in the UK singles chart, the first time that one deceased artist had replaced another at number one.