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TIL that 29% of San Francisco’s air pollution comes from China

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PYAO TIL To get rid of body parts in the Ganges special snapping turtles are bred and released in the river that are taught to consume dead human flesh. These turtles consume about a pound of flesh a day and can reach a size of 70 pounds.
nWE8b TIL: The Iran Blizzard of February 1972, recorded as the deadliest in history, took over 4,000 lives during a week-long storm burying southern Iran under 7.9 meters of snow. The catastrophe unfolded after four years of drought, leaving a profound impact on the region.
LYxV TIL The Saber-Tooth Squirrel in Ice Age was made up, until a real one was discovered in 2011
Yp8W7 TIL in 1862 General Grant ordered the expulsion of all the Jews from Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky
eVn TIL that Kodak invented the first digital camera, then went bankrupt because they didn’t convert to digital