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TIL that ‘Salt made from Human Tears’ is available to buy .

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Brxbe TIL that honeybees didn't exist in California until 1853, and even though bees in general are critical to the environment, honeybees specifically are far more important for agriculture of a few specific crops.
6Ev6Z TIL of Gary Plauche. His son was abducted & taken to another state by a predator. When he was caught & being extradited, Gary waited in the airport & as he passed him, he turned around & shot his son’s abductor dead. It was ruled justifiable & he received no jail time.
ve9x TIL that Former KISS drummer, Peter Criss, as a prank dressed up like a Nazi and knocked on the door to Gene Simmons’ (who is descended from Holocaust survivors) hotel room and demanded to see his papers.
LMRv TIL in 2011, two judges were convicted in a scheme that involved $2.6 million in kickbacks from owners of private detention centers in exchange for diverting over 4000 juvenile defendants to the private detention centers, often for minor crimes such as mocking a principal on Myspace and trespassing
XEOGk TIL that there's a sea slug that can photosynthesize, called Elysia chlorotica. It gets its chloroplasts from eating algae.