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TIL there is a garbage swirl in the ocean the size of Texas.

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8aag8 TIL that in 1989, the Soviet Union traded PepsiCo seventeen submarines, a cruiser, a frigate, and a destroyer for almost $3 billion worth of Pepsi, making PepsiCo the sixth most powerful military at the time.
D19dr TIL that nitrate film is prone to severely decaying if not properly cared for. First, the image and the plastic begin to deteriorate, then the gelatin binder becomes soft and sticky. Eventually the film will adhere to itself to the point where the roll becomes a solid mass or "hockey puck."
bK1E TIL that Mozart disliked performer Adriana Ferrarese del Bene, who was know for nodding her head down on low notes and raising her head on high notes, so much, that he wrote a song for her to perform that had lots of jumps from low to high just so he could see her head “bob like a chicken” onstage.
awpON TIL the Netherlands leads the world in daily coffee consumption, with the population averaging 2.4 cups per day
R75D1 TIL that intelligence agencies seek what they call "FINCA": information that is Foreign, of Interest, New, Clandestine, and Authoritative.