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TIL Sweden has become so efficient at recycling that they have run out of garbage to recycle and now import garbage from Norway to fuel it’s energy programs.

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dVBZ TIL that the serial killer known as the “Hillside Strangler”, Kenneth Bianchi, while actively murdering women was also applying to join the ranks of the LAPD and attended several ride alongs with police officers who were searching for the Hillside Strangler.
woZvW TIL that the modern three-point safety belt was perfected by Volvo engineer Nils Bohlin in 1959 – and its patent given for free to the world. The invention has been credited with saving at least a million lives worldwide.
rR8v4 TIL: that its a common practice in China, to not tell an old person about their cancer diagnosis, where it is believed that telling them can make their condition deteriorate quicker.
p84RO TIL the tradition of birthday candles began in Ancient Greece, when people brought cakes adorned with lit candles to the temple of Artemis, goddess of the hunt
xVjrg TIL There is a functioning mail box located 10m underwater off the coast of Japan, that receives hundreds of mail items every day.