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TIL Roughly 500 Million Tons of Sediment are Deposited in the Gulf of Mexico by the Mississippi River Every Year

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oBojr TIL that a 28 year old man from Russia went to the doctor after coughing up blood and having chest pains. The doctors thought he had cancer and performed surgery to remove it, when they removed the "cancer" they found out it was actually a tree growing inside of the man.
jBOv TIL Lactose Tolerance (lactase persistence) is the mutation, not the other way around
kJG4m TIL that the names given to hurricanes are pretty much already set. There are six alphabetical lists of names for Atlantic hurricanes, maintained by the World Meteorological Organization, and they are rotated through every six years.
KOyY4 TIL that Miss Piggy was based on the jazz singer Peggy Lee and was originally name Miss Piggy Lee. When Lee threatened to sue, Jim Henson changed the name to Miss Piggy.
ZpYZR TIL Star Citizen has raised 600 million dollars from its backers