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TIL Dexter Holland from The Offspring is a Ph.D candidate at USC and is working on his dissertation on RNA in HIV & Cancer.

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9w4yD TIL: Animals who inherit money from their owners are subject to pay death taxes just like everyone else
k6NB TIL a factory in Honduras forces its workers to wear diapers for the sake of efficiency.
GYDR7 TIL Bunker fuel is the generic term given to any fuel poured into a ship’s bunkers to power its engines. Deep sea cargo ships typically burn the heavy, residual oil left over after gasoline, diesel and other light hydrocarbons are extracted from crude oil during the refining process. It's very toxic
bM6j TIL that there are more museums in the U.S. than Starbucks and McDonalds combined.
78bGZ TIL Admiral Byrd is the only person to have three ticker-tape parades in New York City (in 1926, 1927, and 1930) given in his honor. He was the first person to fly over both the North and South Poles.