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TIL Kelsey Grammer's father and sister were murdered, and his two half brothers were eaten by sharks

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b9YX9 TIL a Texas plumber's truck traded to a dealership, then auctioned and shipped to Turkey with his business' decals still on it. The truck eventually ended up in Syria, where it was outfitted with an anti-aircraft gun and used in the country’s civil war.
OjAR TIL Sunscreen is contributing to decline of coral reefs. The damaging effects were seen in coral in concentrations of oxybenzone as low as 62 parts per trillion, which is equivalent to a drop of water in six and a half Olympic-sized swimming pools, according to the researchers.
VMagB TIL that Mithalal Sindhi, from the Indian city of Ahmedabad, has been hоmеless by choice (so he will be easier to find) for over 50 years, and during that time has performed the last rites on more than 550 unclaimed bodies, each per their own religion, covering all the expenses from his own earnings
AN6gx TIL that there are a number of models to predict gravity at specific points on Earth, but due to peaks, valleys and the equivalent of rocks, sand, water and feathers (maybe not the last one) inside this big ball, there are a number of ♦gravity anomalies♦
wDrJ TIL Jupiter is a “cosmic vacuum cleaner.” Its gravitational influence causes comets and asteroids to collide with it. The rate of impacts on Jupiter is about 2000-8000X higher than the rate on Earth. Without Jupiter, the probability of asteroid impacts with the inner planets would be much greater.