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TIL: Fertilizer-infused water from Florida's 450,000 acre sugar cane industry near Lake Okeechobee causes coastal algae blooms that kill fish and oysters.

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7rnNL TIL of Patricia Stallings who allegedly poisoned her son with antifreeze and the child died. She had another baby in prison that went to Foster care. The baby had identical symptoms of poisoning however it was determined that both children actually had a genetic disorder. She was later exonerated.
Xnx6 TIL that on average 12 high school and college football players die each year during practices and games.
8a1d8 TIL in 2005 the BBC released a promo advertising new services with a head floating around the countryside. It was pulled after viewers complained it 'made them sick' and was 'demonic'
5VR8 TIL that Nelson Mandela was not taken off the US terror list until 2008
4kyLR TIL Gwen Stefani's older brother Eric was an animator on The Simpsons and drew the band into the episode "Homerpalooza" (1996)