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TIL Performance outdoor clothing leach PFAS forever chemicals 😔

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e0M5 TIL in the U.K., hipsters are known as ‘dickheads’
5VmlB TIL that globally, we produce over 9,900,000 tons of butter a year, and India produces 3,797,550 of that, making it the largest butter producer in the world (via Atlas Big). The United States, which comes in second place, makes less than half that amount each year, with Pakistan coming in third.
0dp51 TIL that India is the only country to have both wild lions and tigers
DQXVe TIL that during a spin, a pilot jumped from his plane, only to see his unmanned F-106 recover and land safely in a field.
4vvN TIL the ancient Egyptians used the urine from a pregnant woman to germinate seeds to determine the sex of the child. If barley sprouted first, then it was to be a boy. If wheat sprouted first, then it was to be a girl.