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TIL about hypnagogic hallucinations: Visual, tactile, auditory, or other sensory events that occur at the transition from wakefulness to sleep

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N79NN TIL in January 2018, China implemented its "National Sword" policy, which banned the import of materials for recycling within China. Prior to China’s ban, 95 percent of the plastics collected for recycling in the European Union and 70 percent in the US were sold and shipped to Chinese processors.
86AV TIL the oldest living plant is at least 43,000 years old
Npae TIL that the background of the painting ‘The Scream’ is believed to be an accurate representation of the 1883 eruption of Mount Krakatoa
JYPDQ TIL that an optical illusion occasionally makes the city of Chicago appear upside down.
LkKd0 TIL that the highest rated American actor on Rotten Tomatoes (by average movie score) is John Ratzenberger, largely by virtue of his having had a speaking role in every Pixar movie