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TIL the San Diego Zoo has live cams that show their animal enclosures

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9Y10m TIL about Chad Pregracke, who,when he was 23, after witnessing immense levels of trash on the Mississippi River in IL, started a nonprofit to address it. Since then, they have removed 5,000 tons of trash from the Mississippi and it’s tributaries.
oBAkK TIL there is no agreement on what the value is of Zero to the power of zero.
MeMxm TIL the co-creator of "Parks and Recreation" read an article which stated that scientists believe the first human who will live 150 years has already been born. He felt this applied to Rob Lowe's character, which inspired Chris Traeger's desire to live to 150.
aP69 TIL that tea was so important for morale in the British army that in 1942 the UK bought the entire world’s crop of tea.
M7raA TIL prior to joining the band Primus in 1989, guitarist Larry LaLonde was a member of the band Possessed, and was just 17 years old when Possessed’s landmark debut album, "Seven Churches," was released in 1985.