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TIL mercury is released into the air by human activity, and can travel thousands of miles and settle into the ocean where microorganisms convert it into methylmercury, a highly toxic form that builds up in fish & shellfish.

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v1Der TIL about Beena, "a form of marriage used in pre-Islamic Arabia in which a wife would own a tent of her own, within which she retained complete independence from her husband".
ADvyx TIL that Russia is the only country where McDonalds have a Mcshrimp on the Menu.
nKrb TIL somebody in the 1800’s wrote a song that consisted of nothing but two people meowing at each other. It’s called “Duetto buffo di due gatti” which translates to “Humorous duet for two cats”
bdQ0 TIL that one man won $6 million in one night from one casino. Don Johnson singlehandedly ruined the Tropicana’s April 2011 revenue through blackjack; he’d already won $9 million at two other casinos. He is now banned from most Atlantic City casinos.
MeQAW TIL “King” in a snake’s name signifies that it preys on other snakes and that the king cobra is so named not because it is a cobra but because it typically hunts cobras