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TIL aquariums aren't allowed to pay to get animals from other aquariums as it encourages poaching. So there is a barter system in place where they swap animals. A New England aquarium traded a dozen penguins for 800 mackerel and their basic unit of trade is the jellyfish

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QpE6 TIL The Shafer Commission, after 5 years of research, concluded that cannabis did not cause widespread danger to society. It recommended using social measures other than criminalisation to discourage use. The Nixon administration did not implement the recommendations.
aa6A TIL Mike Tyson has coped with negative emotions throughout his life by caring for pigeons. As a child he suffered bullying & depression (the first punch he ever threw was at a bully that killed one of his birds) & as an adult with his sunk career and death of his 4 year-old daughter.
pYelb Today I learned safer ways to use crack cocaine.
LkXeQ TIL that there are species of mushrooms that feed off of gamma radiation, and some are blooming in Chernobyl, “eating” the radiation.
oBbo TIL everyone that visits Bill Gates’ mansion, Xanadu 2.0, is given a pin that automatically changes the lighting, music and temperature of every room they enter according to that persons preference.