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TIL boiling water can remove microplastics

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J16LB TIL after losing his Tour de France wins and sponsorship money due to the doping scandal, Lance Armstrong invested $100K in Uber when they were worth only $3.7 million. When Uber went public in 2009, Armstrong’s investment was worth $221 million.
neBGG TIL Locals in North Carolina raise ostriches and emus for meat, eggs and leather, along with emu oil, which is a natural moisturizer with anti-inflammatory properties.
4O1N TIL that Elijah Wood created his Lord of the Rings Frodo audition tape in his backyard with a homemade Hobbit costume
v7Gj TIL French vanilla ice cream is made with egg yolks, lending to its soft yellow color and smoother texture. Regular or “Philadelphia” vanilla is made without yolks and is white.
78w0O TIL that the Greek philosopher Herophilus named the coxxyx (human tail bone) after the beak of the cuckoo bird.