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TIL that every dog testicle examined in a study contained microplastics. So did human testicles

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d8W6d TIL about the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany, which was sunk in the Gulf of Mexico. It's now known as the Great Carrier Reef.
OGyL6 TIL about the Chasséen Culture which was a Prehistoric Culture in Neolithic France consisting of Sedentary Farmers and Herders which dated from 4500 BC to 3500 BC
erB6 TIL oxygen deprivation worsens depression, which has caused Colorado Springs, CO (with its high altitude) to become the second most suicidal city in the U.S.
WPY4 TIL Albert Einstein used the same soap for shaving and washing because of a firm conviction that two kinds of soap needlessly complicate life.
nWwNo TIL there's a type of tree in Cancun called the "tourist tree" because the tree's bark is red and peeling, like the skin of the sunburnt tourists in the region