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TIL, China is responsible for the majority of plastic waste in the ocean, the Yangtze alone dumps 1.5 million metric tons into the Yellow Sea per year.

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PYDYJ TIL about the Pseudo-Geber corpus, a group of influential works on chemistry and alchemy from the 13th and 14th centuries, whose authors are unknown because they attributed them to the legendary alchemist Geber in an attempt to gain credibility.
p8LOO TIL of Mathew Charles Lamb. After killing two people in a shooting spree, he was found not guilty by reason of insanity. He then joined the Rhodesian Army after his psychiatric treatment was complete.
QJQxE TIL Neil Armstrong always insisted he said, "That's one small step for a man" when he landed on the moon.
loMZN TIL about Ilha da Queimada Grande, one of the deadliest islands in the world. Located off the coast of Brazil, it's so densely populated by snakes that someone estimates there's one snake per square meter.
b9GE9 TIL Barbie was modeled after a racy gag gift for adults and besides being just lovers, Barbie and Ken are named after a real life brother and sister: the son and daughter of the creator, Ruth Handler.