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TIL that 85% of all Microplastics are Synthetic Clothing fibers (from loads of laundry)

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W7LLN TIL In Barbados It’s illegal to wear camouflage clothing unless you're in the armed forces otherwise you can be fined $2,000, sentenced to a year in prison, or if you’re extra lucky - both
wMgP TIL: Having a child can have a pretty strong negative impact on a person’s happiness. On average, the effect of a new baby on a person’s life in the first year is worse than divorce, worse than unemployment and worse even than the death of a partner.
M5EA TIL when Tommy Chong went to prison, his cellmate was Jordan Belfort, the Wolf of Wall Street. Chong is the one who convinced him to write his memoirs
keL1 TIL the word crackpot came from poor English people who went crazy from drinking tea steeped in cracked ceramic pots that had lead cores.
mxkDx TIL: One of the worlds rarest cars was discovered abandoned in a parking garage in Atlanta. Also given insight on why they killed the electric car prior to the Tesla rise.