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w7rE TIL in 2011 Joao found a penguin (Dindim) covered with oil and nearly dead. He worked feverishly to save its life. Every year since, Dindim swims 8,000KM to meet and live with Joao in Brazil.
m118Y TIL only 10% of plastic is actually recycled
dDQpK TIL That in 2013 a 28 year old woman in Chembur, India had to undergo emergency surgery to remove a 'football sized' fecal mass after she had not had a bowel movement for 45 days.
NXVlJ TIL about Merkury Vagin, an 18th century Russian Arctic explorer who was murdered by members of his own expedition after discovering the New Siberian Islands.
RAaQ TIL the dates from 5th october 1582 to 15th october 1582 don’t exist due to the change from Julian calendar to Gregorian calendar in most of Europe