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TIL that every human excretes up to half a kilogram of phosphorus through only our urine, per year. This makes urine the primary source of phosphorus in urban areas!

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0Z6M TIL that after the 1995 Saturday Night Live season, NBC fired Adam Sandler and Chris Farley from the show.
wo8dP TIL that during the shutdown of Quibi, founder Jeffrey Katzenberg told workers to listen to the song “Get Back Up Again” from the movie Trolls as he announced that they would be getting fired.
DQ5xj TIL that there is a species of bison native to Europe. The European Bison is the largest land animal in Europe, is a national animal of Poland, and whose populations were driven to extinction in most of Europe and Asia in late antiquity.
4kdLb TIL By the 13th century, thou became the informal “you” and ye became the formal “you,” making it similar to the French vous/tu distinction. The separation of the two “you”s remained until at least the 17th century
PY0dO TIL in English, a ‘French Exit’ is to sneak out of a party without telling anyone. In French, it’s known as ‘partir à l’anglaise’—to leave the English way.