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TIL Seth McFarlane was a writer for some of Cartoon Network’s most iconic shows, like Johnny Bravo and Dexter’s Laboratory

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7r9eM TIL that there is 1400 tons of unexploded (and rapidly degrading) munitions 1.5 miles off the coast of Kent (UK). If it explodes, it would likely cause a bigger explosion than the one in Beirut.
1gPO TIL Fraser Island, Australia, is the largest Island to be entirely made out of sand.
rWLx TIL that Avocados are Berries.
Y7aQx TIL - That during Apartheid in South Africa you were forbidden to have relations with someone of another race. The Boers developed the "Pencil Test"; if a pencil would stay in your hair when pushed in you were declared as "black" and could only have relations with other "blacks".
OGZZe TIL heart disease is more commonly found in male captive gorillas compared to female. It is one of the leading causes for gorilla mortality in captivity. “Death due to external causes was 4.45 times more likely among females than males.” [2]