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TIL Nematodes (roundworms), are readily dispersed by wind and make up about one per cent of wind-drifted animals.

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v1vNj TIL of a boxing match between bi-sexual boxer, Emile Griffith, and Benny Paret. At weigh in, Paret antagonized Griffith by making homophobic remarks and grabbing Griffith's buttocks. Griffith won the fight by KO; Paret never regained consciousness and died in the hospital 10 days after the fight.
N7QQP TIL that while the United States Supreme Court hear only about 70 cases a year, the Indian Supreme Court hear up to 700 legal matters in a single day.
Ypk8P TIL junk mail destroys 100 million trees a year. The equivalent of deforesting all of Rocky Mountain National Park every four months.
e00j4 TIL that scientists are growing so-called "mini-brains" inside of rats, meaning we are perilously close to a rats of NIMH situation.
Eggg7 TIL that: In Medieval times, "Cockaigne" was an imaginary utopia for peasants where the sky rains cheese, and laziness was treasured above all else. It was meant to be a better place than the alcohol-free Christian heaven which only had fruit.