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TIL cruise ships emissions can equal the equivalent of one million cars per day and air quality on deck can be worse than in the world’s most polluted cities.

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9w4pD TIL about the Welsh Christmas tradition Mari Lwyd, which entails the use of a horse's skull mounted on a pole and carried by an individual hidden under a sackcloth, requesting (by singing) to get into people’s houses in order to get food and drinks
p8Z9Q TIL that human brains are specialized for face recognition while chimp brains are specialized for butt recognition.
a8gvy TIL Janet Jackson's 1989 classic 'Rhythm Nation' can make some laptops crash
dreZ TIL The Music Industries that push violent/drug related rap also owns private jails, requiring 90% occupancy filled.
QWJL TIL that Quentin Tarantino’s father, Al Pacino’s father and Patrick Swayze’s mother made an exercise video together called “Silver Foxes: Power Pilates”