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TIL that Earth Day co-founder beaten, killed, and composted girlfriend when she threatened to leave him

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5jjk TIL that the UN requested Japan ban anime, manga and games that depicted any sexual violence towards women. Japan responded by saying no, as firstly, it wasn’t real and secondly, many of the creators were women themselves and it would do the opposite and instead create sexism toward women.
9w79X TIL the idea of continental drift wasn't widely accepted in the scientific community until the 1960s. This is ~40 years after quantum mechanics was solidified in the 5th Solvay Conference (1927)!
1aKOD TIL that belly button lint forms because your hairs point toward your navel, and breathing causes your shirt to move up and down, transporting loose clothing fibers forward along those hairs, but not backward.
E1W4X TIL that there is a spacecraft cemetery in the middle of the Pacific Ocean
WZN TIL John Harrison, the official taste-tester for Dreyer’s Ice Cream, insured his tongue for 1,000,000.