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TIL where this sound is from.

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oBWOE TIL that when Victor Vescovo reached the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the deepest trench in the world, he discovered a plastic bag and candy wrappers at 10,928 metres (35,849 ft.) below the surface, confirming that human-generated waste can pollute even the deepest parts of the ocean
7GL TIL there is a small island near Bali that openly sells and embraces magic mushrooms. It seems to be a large part of its local economy
X0VnQ TIL that if you use the bagel function on a toaster, the halves should be facing outwards, because only the outer heating elements are on.
Ypx6x TIL that when a random raccoon died in Toronto, people started paying their respects to it and build a small memorial with flowers and candles, even a picture, until the city took away the raccoon corpse.
pYDNN TIL that native South American monkeys floated there from Africa circa 30mya. They were probably living on river islands that discharged into the Atlantic and then drifted across on ocean currents, with volcanic staging posts along the way. Lemur ancestors arrived in Madagascar by the same process.