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TIL that by 2050, there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean

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p84yb TIL Allee Willis was originally bothered by the 'ba-dee-ya' lyric in song 'September'. "I just said, 'What the fuck does 'ba-dee-ya' mean?' And [White] said, 'Who the fuck cares?' I learned my greatest lesson ever in songwriting from him, which was never let the lyric get in the way of the groove."
0OeL TIL three Canadian women were held in a Seattle detention centre after an elaborate Kinder Egg smuggling ring was uncovered.
nWJKG TIL that 'double muscled' mice, having a deficiency of myostatin(a protein that inhibits muscle growth), are found to have excessive muscle growth but impaired force generation; i.e. they are more muscular, but not necessarily stronger
DAxe TIL in 1986 Glasgow showed support to Nelson Mandela by re-naming a street after him; the street the South African consulate was on
9Lr6 TIL In the ’60s, Australia lost a prime minister and could not find him. He disappeared and was never found.