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TIL that 29% of San Francisco’s air pollution comes from China

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E5MW TIL that Robert Louis Stevenson wrote the 60,000-words-long “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” during a six-day cocaine high.
wo881 TIL Despite being ranked as one of the greatest songs ever written, the song “Hey Jude” by the Beatles was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards in 1969 (Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best Pop performance by a duo or group with vocal) and didn’t win any of them.
rR0Ey TIL that sand dollars are actually live creatures. The white sand dollars we often see on beaches are actually dead. When they're alive they are black and have fine bristles on their underside to catch food.
W1Ld TIL that a generator exists that runs on urine. It can provide electricity for six hours on one liter of urine. The generator was invented by four African school girls.
dZgK TIL you’re nearly 300 times more likely to be a victim of homicide in new Orleans as you are in Hong Kong.