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TIL In 1992, shipping containers with around 28,000 rubber ducks were lost in the Pacific Ocean. Ducks are still being found today.

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7A57 TIL that the American Family Association demanded that Home Depot “stop supporting the gay agenda”. Unlike Lowe’s who bowed to AFA pressure a few months earlier, Home Depot refused and suffered an AFA boycott. During the next quarter, Home Depot’s profits increased by 6.1%.
Wk4K8 TIL that Shaikha Latifa is incredibly brave
mBaM TIL that elections were never part of the first democracy in ancient Greece, where decision making was mainly done by the people themselves, frequently chosen by using a lottery system. They viewed elections as a system that encourages aristocracy and elitism.
e0owk TIL the Friends theme was originally going to be "Shiny Happy People" by R.E.M., but R.E.M. rejected the offer, true to form
X0oBQ TIL that the longest lightning bolt ever recorded was 440 miles (708 km) long, nearly stretching from one end of Brazil to the other. The lightning bolt occurred on October 31, 2018, and broke the previous record of a 199-mile (321 km) lightning bolt recorded in the US state of Oklahoma in 2007.