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TIL that cruise ships can emit as much particulate matter as a million cars every day and the air quality on deck can be as bad as the world’s most polluted cities.

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xeJo TIL That we associate bunnies with Easter because it was once widely believed they were hermaphrodites, able to reproduce without losing their virginity. This lead to an association with the virgin Mary, as well as Jesus.
WkN9L TIL The idea for the Red Cross came about in 1859, when a Swiss man, Henry Dunant saw the aftermath of a battle in Italy and witnessed 40,000 men dying with no medical care. 5 years later,12 governments adopted the first Geneva convention; defining medical services as “Neutral” in wartime.
9YO47 TIL about Thomas Rowlandson, a popular erotic artist in the 19th century whose work was heavily censored during the Victorian Era. He died at the age of 69.
PMMV TIL that there is an apparatus and method for remotely monitoring and altering brain waves; in addition to mind control, it is capable of making people hear voices, smell odors, see images, feel sensations, experience emotions imposed by someone else.
QRQk TIL In 1996, the BBC applied to register the TARDIS as a trademark and were challenged by the Metropolitan Police. The courts found no evidence that any police force had ever registered the image as a trademark. The courts ruled in BBCs favour.