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TIL that 29% of San Francisco’s air pollution comes from China

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neLWW TIL that Pabst Blue Ribbon makes "whiskey" that is aged for 5 seconds to make it fit the legal definition of whiskey.
QJa9k TIL in 1861, the King of Siam offered a pair of elephants as a gift to America "to be let loose to increase and multiply in the continent of America". Lincoln sent a letter declining the gift, as elephants would be useless in Industrial America, and they likely would not survive anyway.
WkPRX TIL There was a time after the asteroid killed the dinosaurs when fungus was the absolute dominate life form on Earth caused by massive deforestation and lack of sunlight halting photosynthesis for months, essentially creating Fungus Earth.
1aoBr TIL: Starbuck's door handles are more germ-laden than NYC subway poles
X0Djj TIL playing tetris shortly after a traumatic event may reduce the severity of any related PTSD