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TIL about the Taylor oil spill which has been going on since 2004 leaking 300-700 barrels a day

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J1nX4 TIL Korean women in the 19th century who had sons would openly expose their breasts as a sign of pride
JpW1 TIL that when Malcolm McDowell met Gene Kelly at a party several years later, the older star turned and walked away in disgust. Kelly was deeply upset about the way his signature from Singin’ in the Rain (1952) had been portrayed in A Clockwork Orange (1971).
pY5Y4 TIL that sometimes skinned ginger root is inserted in the anus as part of a caning punishment. The subject must choose between bracing for the strike (increased burning sensation) or relaxing the buttocks (taking the full force of the blow).
E1Zjp TIL between 1990 and 2007, robots took the jobs of an estimated 670,000 US workers.
b98bQ TIL that when people are blind from birth they don’t see black. They don’t see darkness, they just don’t see anything at all. They see less than darkness