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TIL in ‘92, a ship from China lost 29,000 rubber ducks in the Pacific Ocean. After some washed ashore in Alaska, oceanographers started tracking their progress to learn about ocean currents. Ducks were found in Asia, Australia, the Americas, even Europe. Some were frozen in the Arctic for 15 years.

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Q6E6 TIL in 2009, David Booth, a park ranger in Scotland, packed up his metal detector, drove to a field, and scored big. His first sweep yielded 4 gold neck bands, from the first century B.C.—the most important hoard of Iron Age gold found in Scotland to date.
OokPg TIL the practice of family or ethnic roasting in Western and Central Africa is actually an UNESCO intangible cultural heritage.
DPbY TIL due to high import taxes, A PS4 in Brazil costs roughly $1850.
neoZ9 TIL The word 'mortgage' literally means 'death pledge'
D1DEP TIL The artificial sweetener Glycerol is a strong sanitizer that is FDA approved for burns and wounds. It is even used to store skin grafts between transplant surgery.