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TIL We've contaminated the ocean to the point there's plastic in the sea salt we use on our food...

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e0P8L TIL that Andy Serkis ( most famous for voicing Gollum in “Lord of the Rings”) voices 26 characters in 21 movies including Supreme Leader Snoke in “Star Wars” and Caesar from “War for the Planet of the Apes”
MeynW TIL about Air Canada Flight 759, which erroneously almost landed on a packed taxiway at San Francisco International Airport. It missed one of the planes by 14 feet (4.3m). If it had crashed, it would have been the worst air disaster ever.
D11Je TIL a type of Central American tree enslaves ants to guard it. It produces sap that the ants can eat, but which contains an enzyme that irreversibly blocks their ability to digest other foods, forcing them to remain nearby.
wLaoM TIL the $150 million fundraised by Band Aid in 1984 (where the famous song "Do They Know It's Christmas" comes from), which was meant to help famine-struck Ethiopia, actually lead to more deaths since it was given to the corrupt government who used the money to prolong the famine and civil war.
mxJ7Y TIL Great White Sharks will flee their hunting grounds and won’t return for up to a year when killer whales pass by