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TIL of “Mr. Trash Wheel”, a solar-powered device in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor that has removed 160 tons of garbage from the harbor in just under a year.

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ANr77 TIL that Valve used a picture of a real corpse with it's face burned off for one of the 3D models in Half-Life 2.
jNAnn TIL that all U.S. aircraft carriers are Nuclear Powered, meaning they can continuously sail for up to 25 years without needed to refuel.
OGQ84 TIL the piano part in BTO's "Taking' Care of Business" was peformed by a pizza delivery guy who happened to be in the studio.
vPB0x TIL that Canola is actually a contraction of "Canadian Oil, Low Acid"
16QMD TIL in 2016, an Oregon man essentially dissolved inside a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming after he accidentally fell into it.