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TIL the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, NYC is so polluted that unidentifiable new forms of microbiological life have arisen in its sludge

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ne9bB TIL Opossums are only pregnant for 11-13 days and they can give birth to over 20 babies.
wLY6Y TIL: 75% of the world's spices come from only one country- India
JY00j TIL: Queen Elizabeth the II actually used her powers in 1999 to prevent parliament from authorizing military strikes in Iraq without her consent. She is also completely and totally immune to any legal prosecution for any crime she could commit almost everywhere on earth.
VBmw8 TIL that Orcas are the largest species in the dolphin family (Delphinidae).
ne14d TIL That Infamous Alabama Governor George Wallace Took The Oath of Office standing on a gold star, which marked the very spot that The President of the Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis stood when he took the oath in 1861.