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TIL Algae produces most of the world’s oxygen

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Z8eoB TIL that in 2014, a high school student was suspended for two months for jokingly replying "Actually, yeah" to an internet post that asked if he made out with a teacher. He sued the school board for being unjustly suspended, and won a $425,000 settlement.
kW55 TIL that if a person is being crushed for hours (e.g. by earthquake debris), they should not be removed too quickly. Otherwise toxins from dying muscle may flood their bloodstream and kill them.
rOMo TIL at least two high-profile MLB players practice urinating on their hands with the belief it toughens their skin.
ADNln TIL about Governor McGovern
Zp9rB TIL Jordan Chandler initially denied the allegations against Michael Jackson until his dentist father, Evan Chandler, used the sedative sodium amytal during a dental surgery. Sodium amytal puts people in a hypnotic state and can enable false memories to be implanted.