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TIL: Plastic will become a geological layer of Earth. They are contributing to a new era of history, called the Anthropocene

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b6mVZ TIL: French Canadians has a tale featuring a La Chasse-galerie or "Bewitched Canoe". Lumberjacks made a deal with the devil for a flying canoe to visit their lovers quickly. The condition was they can't fly over churches or mention God. Their success varied each story. It was based on The Wild Hunt.
Oodwa TIL that Smokey Bear's name was inspired by "Smokey" Joe Martin, a New York firefighter who suffered burns and blindness during a 1922 rescue. Also, the symbol of the U.S. Forest Service is actually just "Smokey Bear," not "Smoke the Bear." The "the" was added to help the rhythm of a 1952 song.
jpv TIL NASA is landing a vehicle the size of a car on Mars in August. You can see a live update of its location in the solar system here at any time.
x6E0w TIL Married With Children never had canned laughter. They filmed in front of a live audience that reacted to the scenes. That's why there's sometimes long, awkward pauses when they waited for the production team to shut down the audience.
QNNge TIL The discovery of vitamin D curing rickets in the 1930s led to the fortification of common foods. This took the statistics of approximately 80–90% of children showing varying degrees of bone deformations due to vitamin D deficiency to being a very rare condition.