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Today I Learned that Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" album took 17 Years to become certified Platinum.

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4kXPo TIL An orange tree blight began spreading from China in the 90s. It has now infected trees worldwide and is decimating orange production. Orange harvest is down 72% in Florida and 31% in Brazil. There is no known cure for the blight and scientists are frantically trying to find a cure.
QPvX TIL that selective breeding creates language barriers in dogs and makes it harder for them to communicate and socialize normally. [i.e., if Fluffy keeps getting into fights at the dog park, this might be why.]
p8GKA TIL British power stations are burning wood from US forests to meet renewables targets
YpAQZ TIL that it used to be illegal in the United States for actors to wear military uniforms in a production that portrayed the military negatively, until the Supreme Court ruled in 1970 that this was a violation of the First Amendment
J8Rk TIL it is 2006 in Ethiopia because their calendar has 13 months.