TIL Yellowstone’s famed thermal pools can melt flesh and bone. In 2016, a tourist illegally searching for a swimmable hot spring fell into a portion of the Norris Geyser Basin, where his body was dissolved by the boiling, highly acidic water. His wallet and shoes were all that remained of him.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38018209.amp
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TIL:Sir David Attenborough's career started in 1952 and he was initially discouraged from appearing on camera.His inspiring work has led scientists to name atleast 20 species after him,including a bird (Polioptila attenboroughi),a frog (Pristimantis attenboroughi)and an Indonesian flightless weevil.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Attenborough
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British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

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TIL young, old, or stressed chickens can lay very small eggs (about the size of a nickel or quarter) with no yolks called fairy eggs.

https://thehomesteadingrd.com/fairy-eggs/
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TIL Elton John's farewell tour is the second highest grossing tour in history, making $939M across 330 shows. Taylor Swift is number 1, with just over a billion dollars across 60 shows

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_concert_tours
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TIL Coca-Cola was accused of hiring hitmen between 1990 and 2002 to kill at least 10 trade union leaders.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jul/24/marketingandpr.colombia
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TIL that combining 50mL of alcohol and 50mL of water doesn't make 100mL

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_by_volume#Volume_change
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TIL: A Picasso painting, Le Rêve was planned to be sold to billionaire Steve Cohen in 2006 for $139 million. However, while showing the painting, the owner's elbow went through the canvas due to poor peripheral vision and caused a 6 inch tear. It was revalued at $85 million.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_R%C3%AAve_(Picasso)
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Today I learned that Shel Silverstein once made an adult cartoon version of his popular story The Giving Tree. Entitled "I Accept the Challenge", it was about a naked woman who cuts off a naked man's arms and legs, and then sits on his torso.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giving_Tree
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TIL the Amazon rainforest was the result and product of centuries of indigenous soil management rather than naturally formed as previously supposed.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/pristine-untouched-amazonian-rainforest-was-actually-shaped-humans-180962378/
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TIL Tina Bell an African American woman is considered an early grunge pioneer and is dubbed "the Godmother of Grunge" and "queen of Grunge" , her Seattle-based band Bam Bam was considered one of the founders of the grunge music scene. Future Nirvana Kurt Cobain once served as a roadie for the band.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Bell
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TIL after losing her position in her university's anatomy department in 1938, Rita Levi-Montalcini set up a laboratory in her bedroom and studied the growth of nerve fibers in chicken embryos. This work led to her discovery of nerve growth factor, for which she was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1986.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Levi-Montalcini
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TIL a bear, tiger, and lion were found together in a drug dealers house, all cubs. They became best friends for life

https://www.intelligentliving.co/bear-tiger-lion-friends-for-life/
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Today I learned about the Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1893 when a group of European and American businessmen overthrew the monarchy. In 1993 the US government apologized for it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overthrow_of_the_Hawaiian_Kingdom
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