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TIL highly modified egg whites can filter microplastics from seawater

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dAB7 TIL that there is a nonprofit organization called Kiva where you can lend $25 to people around the world, for example women entrepreneurs in underdeveloped countries, to help them. You get the money back after a while, and the organization takes no cut.
M77K0 TIL that when Loki calls Black Widow "mewling quim", this is the most offensive line in the film, as he is essentially calling her a whining cunt.
8ar48 TIL Antonio Inoki, founder of New Japan Pro Wrestling also created a governing body to oversee all aspects of the promotions championships and help sell the companies realistic style. It was that governing body that became the International Wrestling Grand Prix (IWGP).
BgwEb TIL about the Alexamenos Graffito, a depiction of Jesus as a donkey aim to mock early Christians.
j64Kn TIL that an asteroid traveling at 20 kilometres (12.4 mi) per second collided near South Africa 3.26 billion years ago creating a megatsunami that extended to a depth of thousands of meters beneath the surface of the ocean and rose to the height of a skyscraper when it reached the shorelines.