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

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yQ7wX TIL the biggest maritime evacuation in history was not Dunkirk, but the 9/11 boatlifts. Boats evacuated almost half a million from Manhattan island within nine hours following the September 11th attacks.
lJo5 TIL Legendary daredevil Evel Knievel got his stagename from a prison guard. The man in the next cell was named “Knofel” and the guard started calling them “Awful Knofel” and “Evil Knievel”.
R7d97 TIL the collective term for a group of sharks is a shiver of sharks
b9arZ TIL Ben Franklin wrote an essay begging scientists to invent farts that smell like perfume.
vPV4r TIL that youtube has added live updating view counts