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TIL that half of all parrots are kept in captivity

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1KW TIL: The Giant Hogweed is a phototoxic, noxious weed that can cause 2nd degree burns, blisters, scarring and sometimes blindness.
PMEw TIL that the portuguese man o war, isn’t one Jellyfish, it’s four animals living symbiotically.
jNaAv TIL that in 1986, Alfonse D’Amato, a New York Senator, resorted to reading aloud from the District of Columbia phone book during a 23 ½ hour filіbuster. 6 years later, the same Senator started singing a song satirising the outsourcing of American jobs during a 15 ¼ hour fіlibuster
vP1wL TIL In 1978 a drunk guy tripping on LSD tried to blow up a dam in Nashville TN w/ his friends in order to loot the submerged town with through the use of scuba diving equipment
9gdD TIL the environmental cost of a reusable canvas bag is equivalent to 400 plastic bags. Unless you reuse it at least 400 times, you’d be better off sticking with plastic.