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TIL that marine plants, such as seaweed and algae, produce 70-80 percent of the oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere

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QAnM TIL after putting his acting career on hold in 2008 “Malcolm in the Middle” star, Frankie Muñiz, went on to pursue a career in open wheel racing for a few years and then joined an indie rock band as a drummer until 2014
X0M6R TIL in China, censorship became a huge industry, one of a major city Jinan is famous for it, even got a nickname "The capital of censorship"
Jl8v TIL that between the time it was discovered and the time it was unclassified as a planet, Pluto did not even complete one revolution around the sun. It will complete its revolution in the year 2178.
N7XGM TIL in 2007, producers for ABC's Extreme Makeover coaxed a contestant's family into making hurtful comments about her ugliness, then cut the contestant from the show because the recovery period wouldn't fit their production schedule. The contestant's sister killed herself four months later.
W5RY TIL in auditioning for the role of Captain Picard, Patrick Stewart had initially brought a toupee out of concern over his baldness. Gene Roddenberry told him to ditch it.