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TIL that rainforests are responsible for roughly one-third (28%) of the Earth’s oxygen but most (70%) of the oxygen in the atmosphere is produced by marine plants.

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5VAwp TIL that Filet-O-Fish was introduced by McDonald's to accommodate Catholics who fasted from meat on Fridays
bOG4 TIL that between 1911-12, George Murray Levick observed a breeding cycle of Adelie Penguins on Cape Adare. He found them to be very depraved, practicing homosexuality, necrophilia, and abuse. He suppressed the study, which was only published last year, because he found it “too shocking”.
MAxK TIL Mount Everest is growing by 2.5 inches per year
XE9MQ TIL Belize is a Commonwealth state like Canada!
7Ed7 TIL that Morgan Freeman has been nominated for and won more awards than the total number of movies he’s starred in.