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Scientists discover promising new way to filter microplastics out of human body: 'The dose makes the poison'

TIL in the 1980s, a woman bought a ring at a car boot sale for £10 & proceeded to wear it regularly under the assumption it was a piece of costume jewelry. It later appraised and sold for £650k.

This seafood boil restaurant eventually added a label for their disposable gloves

Shop advertises as only having the second best ice cream melon pan

My odometer readout is symmetrical

What???

TIL that the Indian subcontinent used to be the largest economy of any region in the world between the 1st and 18th centuries

TIL that Honduras, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua were briefly united in the 1800s as the Federal Republic of Central America

TIL Playboy asked Richard Thompson and other musicians to compile a list of the best songs of the millennium to celebrate the year 2000. Thompson maliciously complied and included 700 year old songs.

This utility pole is turning back into a tree

TIL that in 1917, under orders from Surgeon General Rupert Blue, cigarettes were included in the ration kits for every fighting man in the US Military.

TIL that in 1975, after Gillette introduced a two-blade cartridge razor, Saturday Night Live aired a fake commercial for a three-blade razor. Gillette introduced one in 1998. In 2004, a satirical ...

TIL a Canadian town Tisdale used to have a motto "The land of rape and honey" which was changed to "Opportunity grows here" in 2016.

TIL that the French national oil company ELF, lost around $150 million to a scam artist, whose "oil sniffing" machine turned out to be a regular photocopier

Tesla Slumps Below 50% Share of California's Electric Car Market

TIL: that during a dissociative fugue, a person can suddenly travel far from home, assume a new identity, and live for days or even weeks without any memory of their former life.

Here are the countries holding the most U.S. debt

This very specific instruction from a box of condoms...

A new study found that early adolescents with increasing depression levels also showed faster growth in problematic internet use

DOGE cuts watchdogs investigating self-driving Teslas: Report