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TIL there’s a type of fish called Slippery dick, and a full grown Slippery dick can be 12 inches long

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OGLAa TIL The word "quarantine" comes from a 14th-century practice in the Venetian Republic, where ships had to isolate for 40 days to prevent the spread of the plague, leading to the term "quarantine" from the Italian "quaranta giorni" (40 days).
OWx4 TIL the co-founder of Dreamworks Animation, Jeffrey Katzenberg, was fired from Disney even though he’s mostly responsible for the studios revival in the early 90’s. Katzenberg sued for $90 million, but received $270 million because Disney wouldn’t settle.
loLoK TIL the world is running out of sand. It is necessary for making glass and concrete which makes it the second most used resource globaly. And since desert sand is mostly unusable, it's not as abundant as most people think.
KQk4 TIL 95% of all Americans celebrate Christmas (only 75% of the U.S. is Christian), and just 51% of the holiday’s celebrators consider it a “strongly religious” holiday
yWeM TIL In 1988 Ian Mckellen visited Michael Howard, then Environment Secretary, to lobby against Section 28. Howard refused to change his position but did ask him to leave an autograph for his children. McKellen agreed, but wrote, “Fuck off, I’m gay.”