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TIL Caterpillars can retain memories after metamorphosis despite liquefying

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KPOG TIL that white chocolate is not chocolate. It is made with cocoa butter, a by-product of the cocoa bean in the chocolate making process, combined with milk, sugar, and other flavoring ingredients, but none of the cocoa bean is included.
OoKWX TIL that as of 2015, only 9% of all plastic ever made had been recycled, 12% was incinerated and 79% was in landfills or the environment,
KYVPQ TIL The final episode of the anime Excel Saga was deliberately made to be too violent, obscene, and long to broadcast on Japanese TV. It was never broadcast and was only available on DVD.
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