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TIL that 29% of San Francisco’s air pollution comes from China.

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Y7xdB TIL a 2009 television commercial called "Coming Home" was given unofficial titles such as the Folgers Incest Ad because many viewers perceived that the main characters (a brother and sister) were either engaged in or desired an incestuous relationship. The ad inspired multiple works of fan fiction.
MY8K TIL of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919 where over 1500 peaceful protestors were shot dead in 10 minutes by the British in India
kOrkm TIL almost an entire French town in 1951 was poisoned by ergot, the fungus LSD is made from. ”I am dead and my head is made of copper and I have snakes in my stomach and they are burning me,” screamed one man before trying to jump into a river
lgv1 TIL Reed Hastings was inspired to start Netflix after a $40 late fee on a VHS copy of Apollo 13.
D1jRr TIL The nudibranch species Elysia marginata has the ability to decapitate itself and regrow a new body from the head in order to get rid of parasites.