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TIL a British Columbia company backed by the Gates Foundation is sucking CO2 directly from the atmosphere and converting it to usable transportation fuel. The plant removes one ton of carbon dioxide a day, the equivalent of taking 100 cars off the road annually.

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LQRGp TIL that Nauru, the world’s smallest republic at 21 sq km, has no official capital city. This tiny island nation in Micronesia once had huge wealth from phosphate mining but faced economic collapse after the resources ran out.
dDK8Q TIL that the phrase “turning a blind eye” is attributed to Admiral Horatio Nelson intentionally ignoring an order to retreat
9YAnX TIL that Zebras have black and white stripes to battle against the parasites. Apparently, the horse flies are not able to land properly on zebras due to their stripes.
eg6J TIL Mario Lemieux on his first ever shift in NHL, stole the puck from Hall of Fame defenceman Ray Bourque and scored a goal with his first NHL shot.
4XANJ TIL the term 'Toxic Masculinity' was first coined in the 1980's by the Jungian MythoPoetic Men's Movement, who believed that because most men no longer perform masculine rituals, men have mutated into destructive, hypermasculine chauvinists, or, in the opposite direction, have become too feminized.