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TIL that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is one of many “trash islands” floating in our oceans. The GPGP alone contains nearly 3.5 million tons of trash which is mostly bits of plastic.

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R7oda TIL The song "Midnight Special" is about a steam locomotive that used to pass the Louisiana State Prison and its light would shine into the cells. Prisoners developed a superstition that having the light shine on you would bring fortune and freedom.
OGgNg TIL that official Pokémon cards of Katy Perry, Post Malone and J Balvin made for a 25th anniversary album were created but never mass produced. The only owners of these rare cards are the people on the cards themselves and there are no plans to release them for sale
W71g8 TIL that in 1978, anti-apartheid activist Donald Woods became the first private citizen to speak before the United Nations Security Council.
ADmgn TIL that during a Cincinnati Reds game in 1935 a local stripper jumped onto the field, grabbed a baseball bat, and dared the pitcher to throw her something. He did, and she grounded to first base. She remains the only woman to play in a Major League Baseball game.
nerr7 TIL of the powerful Medici family of Florence, that produced four popes, two queens & other royals, influenced the renaissance age, bankrolled the church and kings, patronized Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo & Galileo, invented concept of ‘holding company’ and helped fund invention of the piano.