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TIL Thor Heyerdahl traveled over 4000 miles across the Pacific Ocean in a wooden raft to demonstrate his theory that Polynesians came from South America

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X0Lx6 TIL that Muammar Gaddafi submitted a proposal to the UN that Switzerland be abolished as a state and merged into Italy, Germany, and France
5RBr TIL that a man served 5 months in Rikers Island Prison because no one told him his bail was only $2.00.
J1601 TIL The Onion, the satirical online news organization, originated in 1988 in Madison, WI as a weekly print publication. The weekly printed media continued until 2013.
e0MdE TIL that 79% of bone marrow transplants are basically just more complex blood donations. Only 21% of bone marrow transplants involve sticking a needle into your bones (under anesthesia).
wAw1 TIL that letting worms eat your garbage creates worm castings, a substance with 35% increase in phosphorus and magnesium, and 50% more nitrogen than the initial waste. Cuba has been using this for over 25 years as an alternative to agricultural products unavailable to them due to the embargo.