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TIL Nigeria has suffered a cumulative oil spill equivalent to the Exxon-Valdez. Every year. For the past 50 years.

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9wlXQ TIL San Diego State University retained the team name Aztecs but changed its mascot name from "Aztec Warrior" to "Spirit Leader" in 2018 following an investigation by an Aztec Identity Task Force.
Xryr TIL that in the the 17th century Navies doled out a daily ration of a half a pint of rum per sailor. This practice was continued by countries around the world and wasn’t completely stopped until 1990.
E1kpV TIL of Gennady Korotkevich, currently the world's top competitive programmer, derived Archimedes theory of buoyancy in a national programming competition in his 2nd grade.
Z8wDD TIL that "Every Breath You Take" by The Police is supposed to be about someone obsessed with a lost lover, and who stalks them. Sting, who wrote it, is troubled by how many people think it is a love song.
XEEKR Are they really healthier raw?