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TIL - Garfield-shaped phones have been polluting the shore of the Finistère coasts of Brittany (France) for 35 years. The reason is due to a container wedged between the rocks that is slowly pouring them into the sea.

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4kmPw TIL We may have a 50/50 chance of having discovered a planet that is 12.4 lightyears away that supports, and has markers for, at least primitive life already existing
QJ5B6 TIL in 2012, State Prisoners tasked with producing the State Seal decals for State Trooper cruisers, modified one of the spots on a cow in the state seal to look like a PIG
KYgEE TIL that there is a phenomena called phantom vibration syndrome. It is the perception that one's mobile phone is vibrating/ringing even when it is not.
d8NDE TIL of Paul Erdős, a Hungarian mathematician who had a lifestyle of living out of a suitcase and traveling as a lecturer.
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