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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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VMYy4 TIL Nayirah testimony in which a girl claimed to have seen babies taken out of incubators by Iraqi invaders was a propaganda stunt made to recieve public support for USA’s participation in the Gulf War.
pYZvO TIL that the Australian Ibis (aka bin chickens) have learned how to eat the invasive and poisonous cane toad. They do this by picking the toad up, shaking it around to get it to expell its poison and empty is poison sacs, then washing the poison off with water.
WXK9 TIL a hidden tributary of London’s river Thames called the Tyburn has a short exposed stretch running through an antiques shop. There are golden fish living in the stream.
OQM4 TIL Intel corporation gets 100% of its electricity from renewable sources.
9Y1dG TIL of "Tuatara", reptiles native to New Zealand and the sole surviving member of its order, which originated in the Triassic period 240 M yrs ago. They are related to lizards and snakes but have unusual features such as they don't have external ears, and have a third eye on the top of their head.