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TIL An ad campaign used DNA found on discarded cigarette butts to construct digital portraits to publicly shame litterbugs

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0wWmv TIL that in 1919 James Cowan Smith donated £55,000 to the National Gallery of Scotland on the condition that a picture of his dog Callum be on display permanently in the Gallery. It still is to this day.
wLVY1 TIL that only one country entered the 21st century with a net gain of trees, Israel.
ZpVmG TIL that the Parker Solar Probe is going 700000 kph so it would take 33 minutes to reach the Moon From Earth.
j41R TIL Philip Morris launched the Marlboro brand in 1924 as a woman’s cigarette.
mmeR TIL that Silfra - the freshwater fissure between the American and Eurasian continents - has water so fresh that divers can actually drink it.