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TIL: Operating a gas-powered leaf blower for 1hr produces as much NOx as driving a 2016 Camry for 1,000 miles

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e9bb TIL that Homer referred to the sea as “wine-dark” six times in his works and nobody’s really sure why (whether wine was blue, the sea was red, or Greeks were colorblind)
B9kD TIL that 3 banana companies once overthrew the government of Honduras.
VMpZp TIL that a Marine called customer service when his M107 .50 caliber sniper rifle failed during a gunfight with the Taliban. After several minutes the weapon was back in service.
x6Xmo TIL that after constantly eat raw beef over a couple of years, a man in China eventually had a 20 foot long tapeworm living in his small intestine, and it turned out that the tapeworm had been inside his small intestines for at least 2 years.
jNgEN TIL the widely taught tongue map that different parts of the tongue are responsible for different tastes is a myth.