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TIL I learned whale poop freshens our air

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NXxeN TIL that it takes 28% to 70% less energy to produce a ton of paper from recycled paper than from trees.
p8d7G TIL Charles Vance Millar, a rich Canadian financier, made his will one giant practical joke. In it, he left three men who hated one another a join lifetime tenancy in a villa, some protestant ministers $700,000 in Catholic beer stock, and anti-horse racing advocates $25,000 in a Jockey club.
6Elbl TIL That deep underwater, red looks as green. The deeper you go in the ocean, the less red light there is in the sunlight that reaches you. Without red color in the sunlight, only green light reflects from the blood.
51Q TIL that Alabama is just one of many places where you can own a lion, tiger, cobra, or bear, but not a pit bull.
W4rB TIL when a city in Indiana replaced all their signaled intersections with roundabouts, construction costs dropped $125,000, gas savings reached 24k gallons/year per roundabout, injury accidents dropped 80%, and total accidents dropped 40%.