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TIL whales are getting sun burns due to a weakened ozone layer

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XE9er TIL in 1965 Timothy Leary was convicted of possession of Marijuana and sentenced to 30 years in prison and fined $30,000 (2020: $250,000)
PYp0Z TIL a Stanford study (2016) found a positive correlation between use of profanity and honesty. In both individuals and groups, those who use profanity tend to be more fucking honest.
OP06 TIL “Blood is thicker than water” when used in the context of family over friends, is a wildly incorrect bastardization. The full quote is, “The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb,” and refers to relationships chosen meaning more than those of mere blood.
0wvWj TIL: Britain has invaded 173 of the 195 countries in the world.
OkW4 TIL German scientists, during World War II, bureaucratically delayed the German A-bomb project until the Allies had won the war.