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TIL glyphosate in urban humans' urine in the west exceeds 5-20x the amount permitted in German drinking water

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1Pw8 [TIL] Director James Cameron reached the Challenger Deep, the deepest part of the Mariana Trench. He is the first person to accomplish the trip solo. The data he collected resulted in interesting new finds in the field of marine biology, including new species of sea cucumber and squid worm.
Bg71x TIL In the 16th and 17th centuries weddings would often have a savory pie instead of a wedding cake. Live birds or snakes were sometimes put into bride pies as a way to pass time at the wedding.
94Kp TIL that chubby girls in Japan are called ‘marshmallows’
gERD TIL that Coca-Cola once printed “You Retard” on Vitamin Water bottlecaps
VBRrm TIL Billionaire Peter Thiel paid $10 million to finance lawsuits against the media company Gawker, including the 2016 Hulk Hogan case that brought down the media company, as retaliation for an article outing him as gay in 2007.