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TIL 15% of searches on Google each day have never been searched before.

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e09Yk TIL about the Ice block expedition of 1959. Norwegian Company GlassVatt, inspired by a challenge from Radio Luxembourg, transported a 3 ton ice block from the Arctic Circle, all the Way to the Equator in Gabon. Despite travelling across the Sahara, most of the Ice made it.
eGen TIL the US imports 11% of its oil from Saudi Arabia and 38% of its oil from Canada
p8YV8 TIL The Greenland shark is the longest living vertebrate on Earth.
QJNX9 Physicians and veterinarians agree: If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and is sick like a duck, it's best for it to be treated by someone trained to treat a duck. Faced with such a scenario, physicians would be armed only with what they know about human biology. And that doesn't go very far, says Rika Maeshiro, the director of Public Health and Prevention Projects for the Association of American Medical Colleges.
nDlb TIL that Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined