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TIL Microplastics in Fresh Water Are Mostly Laundry Lint

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LQADP TIL museums in Vietnam often leave out periods of Chinese rule, which is a large part of its own history (about 1,100 years)
oBpeA TIL Crispin Glover, who played George Mcfly in Back To the Future, is 3 years younger than Michael J. Fox who played his son Marty in the film.
gr1v9 TIL Silicon & Synapse, Inc was founded on February 8, 1991, but changed their name to Chaos Studios, Inc. in 1993 because of confusion with breast implants. The company changed the name again in 1994 because of Chaos Technologies and they became Blizzard Entertainment because it passed a name check.
WkMmd TIL ... All non herbal teas (white, green, black, oolong, pu-erh, etc.) come from the same plant Camellia sinesis. Though different varietals in the plant have developed among different regions, teas from the same region only differ by oxidation and not the leaf itself.
W7og9 TIL the popular Halloween song "Monster Mash" is a parody of "Mashed Potato Time" by Dee Dee Sharp, released months earlier