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TIL About a third of all fish and seafood eaten around the world is mislabelled. And the amount of fraud being committed is increasing.

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x61Vg TIL Miami has an underwater graveyard, Neptune Memorial Reef. Cremated remains are mixed with concrete and formed into sculptures, with a copper plate marking each sculpture, so that family can dive and know where to visit their loved one’s specific resting place
X01JX TIL Some flying insects have biologic versions of gyroscopes. The haltere is a small bell like structure that vibrates and can account for changes in rotation using the Coriolis effect, so the insect knows its position and can make corrections.
MeYYK TIL, There is a center in the NIH called National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health and that some of their projects include whether magnets can cure migraines and whether lavender scents improve wound healing and more. Answer: both do not.
1GeO TIL while reading about Stalingrad in 1942 that, by itself, the Eastern Front in WW2 was the largest war in history.
JYkjk TIL that Argentina and Chile sent pregnant women to Antarctica to have their babies there. All to strengthen their claim on the continent.