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TIL that micro plastics are now everywhere in our body, including lungs, brain and blood. We consume on average a credit card worth of plastic every week. Also, thousands of chemicals generated by plastics and packaging industry are not studied yet

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O89Y TIL that if you click into an empty space on youtube and type 1337 it changes the comments to leetspeak.
ADMog TIL that Deland McCullough, former NFL player, and current RB coach for the Chiefs, was given up for adoption at birth in 1973. He found his birth mother in 2017. She told him the name of his father, who turned out to be his college coach and mentor throughout his adult life.
KA8Q TIL a 14 year old with cancer installed an ICEE machine at her hospital to help other children battling cancer off-set the side effects of cancer. Her parents are continuing her legacy and have raised enough money to install 13 machines this far!
v1dKK TIL that people who experience goosebumps or "shivers" from listening to music tend to experience much stronger emotions in response to music and are more emotional in general. Music tends to be a much more important part of daily life for these people.
v10M4 TIL: Julie Taymor became first woman to win Best Direction Tony 1998