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TIL Ships will store and purposefully dump oil into the ocean to create calm seas around them, called storm oil

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GBN1 TIL - Eminem was an anonymous donor to a Detroit charity, giving 105k in one year. When it was brought to light that he was the anonymous donor, he matched donations up to 100k the next year.
YpREA TIL Sir Walter Raleigh, British explorer and historian, first brought the potato to Ireland and planted them at his Irish estate. His cooks, who had never cooked potato before, served the leaves and stems (which are poisonous) making everyone sick. Potatoes were then banned from the court.
YewB TIL that a single drop of seawater contains 10 million viruses, 1 million bacteria, and 1000 small protozoans
9Yp5r TIL In 2005, a radio polled 3500 music fans to make the "Rock's Ultimate Super Group", where they could choose the best musician of all time at each instrument. They ended up making Led Zeppelin.
mxZPv TIL there's a giant frieze decorating the US Supreme Court which depicts the "18 Greatest Lawgivers in History," and it includes a depiction of the Prophet Muhammed.