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TIL some whales hunted in the 19th Century are still alive today

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BM4D TIL the longest running science experiment in the world is in Australia, where they have been watching asphalt slowly drip through a funnel since 1927
drbd TIL Jenny McCarthy was awarded the pigasus award for “fooling the greatest number of people with the least amount of effort”
XEXdk TIL the Peelian Principles, developed by Sir Robert Peel in 1829, express an approach to policing based in the idea that police exercise their powers to police their fellow citizens only with the implicit consent of those fellow citizens
1NpP TIL Microbeads, the little abrasive beads in found in soap products, are so dangerous to the environment they’ve been banned in the US
5M0R TIL although Americans have the most unfavorable perception of Iran in the world, most Iranians have positive attitudes towards the American people.