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TIL Eutrophication happens when fertilizer causes algae to grow like crazy in dykes (gutters) alongside agricultural land

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ANLr4 TIL that a star 3000 light years away is about to reignite in an explosion so massive that it'll shine as bright as the North Star. This nova event won't happen again for another 80 years!
lopmG TIL about Donut Dollies, women who traveled through war zones to serve donuts to troops during WW2
nWMe9 TIL that Asian elephants are more closely related to woolly mammoths than to African elephants.
VDKk TIL Denzel Washington’s character in Training Day is based on a real life LAPD officer named Rafael Perez, who is suspected of playing a role in the murder of the Notorious B.I.G.
maxp TIL A prisoner at Guantanamo Bay received letters from his family members, and prison staff redacted all statements such as, “we miss you daddy”, “we love you daddy”, and “we’re thinking of you” from the letters in order to increase the ammount of hopelessness and despair he was feeling.