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TIL U.S. nuclear testing in the Bikini Atoll dislocated natives to an island 1/6 its size. Each native gets $550/year as compensation.

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BrG4k TIL that the epidermis is composed of five layers - basal, spinous, granular, clear, and cornified. Skin cells follow a genetically programmed process of death in forming the cornified (outermost) layer.
PY0RL TIL Adidas are making shoes from recycled ocean plastic and in 2017 sold 1,000,000+ pairs of these shoes. Each pair of shoes takes 11 plastic bottles to create
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VBVZZ TIL that a comet smells like rotten eggs, urine, burning matches and almonds. Traces of hydrogen sulphide, ammonia, sulphur dioxide and hydrogen cyanide were all found in the makeup of the comet 67P/Churyumove-Gerasimenko. Promotional postcards were even commissioned in 2016 carrying the scent of it