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TIL 30% of the air pollution in California is from Asia

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9enr TIL There are two styles of ginger ale: golden and dry. Dry is the only style produced by major soda companies.
WkE9X TIL that the platypus is one of the only living mammals that can produce and secrete venom.
M77b8 TIL of Mary Anning, who discovered, with her brother, the first ichthyosaur fossil at age 12. She would go on to discover many more fossils and revolutionize the science of paleontology. However, due to being a woman in the early 1800s, she rarely received full credit for her discoveries.
jNadX TIL that the song ‘The Most Wonderful Time of the Year’ mentioning “scary ghost stories” is from the pre-Christianity pagan belief that the winter solstice, being the longest night, was when the dead could most easily return.
MBLV TIL: When asked about atheists Pope Francis replied “They are our valued allies in the commitment to defending human dignity, in building a peaceful coexistence between peoples and in safeguarding and caring for creation.”