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TIL that there are Independent Olympic Athletes who don’t represent any specific country in Olympic competition.

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kJ1og TIL Blue whale poop is bright neon orange, from the shells of the krill the whales eat.
YpKPv TIL that blobfish are actually normal looking fish, but they decompress when you take them out of water
PlDe TIL there is a cognitive bias called the IKEA effect, in which people “place a disproportionally high value on products they partially created.”
89nV TIL that in 1977 McDonalds had to pay the creators of H.R. Pufnstuf more than $1,000,000 for essentially ripping off the TV show when the restaurant created its McDonaldland characters (Mayor McCheese, Big Mac, Hamburglar etc…)
E1GM0 TIL Hemp Flower is trending big in Italy, and it has led to Substantially Reductions in Pharmaceutical Use