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TIL all the oceans' waters travel on a "global conveyor belt" called thermohaline circulation--and the journey once around the planet takes about 1000 years.

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LQx1Z TIL about BonziBUDDY, a free virtual desktop assistant created in 1999. People called it spyware after it was found out to have collected user's personal information before serving them pop-up ads. Because of this, it had to pay $75k in fines, and was discontinued in 2004.
oBLL TIL Magenta isn’t actually a color that is on the visual spectrum, and is invented by the brain to make a middle color between red and violet.
yVjQX Today I learned that Thomas Edison was prompted to conduct experiments on animals after SPCA founder Henry Bergh, Jr., contacted him to ask whether electrocution might provide a humane way of killing unwanted animals.
LQprv TIL Marquis De Lafayette was a Frenchman who volunteered to join the American Revolution and the 19 y/o met 45 y/o George Washington. He then went back to France and the 42 y/o fought against the rise of 30 y/o Napoleon Bonaparte. He is typically dubbed the "Hero of two worlds".
neGrd TIL U.S. prisoners are feed a flavorless brick named "disciplinary loaf" for misbehaving.