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A854 TIL: The 15 biggest container ships pollute the air more than all 750 million cars combined
VBAXB TIL About John Spano who, in 1996, briefly controlled the NHL's New York Islanders. Described by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman as "...the type of person we want as an owner" Spano was revealed to be a conman who was unable to pay for the team.
yvEv TIL John Adams once said that if we learned there was no God or life after death, we should all just take a bunch of opium.
b96XQ TIL that the British Lawn Mower Racing Association’s motto is “per herbam ad astra” which translates to “from grass to the stars”
b9eJQ TIL during the middle ages there was a legal category called "enbrotherment" that allowed two men to share living quarters, pool their resources, and effectively live as a married couple. The couple shared "one bread, one wine, one purse."