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TIL The outdoor clothing company ‘Patagonia’ use plastic bottles to create polyester fleece garments and are a leading manufacturer in transforming trash into fleece, decreasing their dependence on petrol

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awkDJ TIL that in 2004, Forbes named J.K. Rowling the first person to become a billionaire (in US dollars) from writing books. By 2012, she had donated so much money to charity that they had to remove her from the rich list because she was no longer a billionaire.
epmd6 TIL the world's largest cockroach is called Megaloblatta longipennis
Noyb TIL that Jerry Springer has stated in interviews “I would never watch my show. I’m not interested in it. It’s not aimed towards me. This is just a silly show.”
awyYb TIL That Betty White hosted a five-and-a-half-hour long live talk show six days a week from 1949 to 1953.
EgGLW TIL that two different women (Marguerite Georges and Giuseppina Grassini) had sexual affairs first with Napoleon and later with the Duke of Wellington. Georges even expressed her preference for Wellington: "The Duke was by far the strongest"