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TIL that in 1930, the Soviet Union built a plant to make polybutadiene, a synthetic rubber used for tires, out of ethanol from potatoes

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GAYJQ TIL King Gojong, on the 16th day of the 11th month of 1895 (32nd year of reign), issued an edict that all adult men cut their hair short: “In front of the people I cut my hair first, so it is my wish that the people follow my will ... "
d8xOj TIL there was a man who made a $5 bet in 1964 that man would reach the moon before 1970. He won $24,000.
4kaOw TIL That the "Akira Slide" is the most imitated scene from any movie/tv50 show and has been referenced in over 250 pieces of media.
8aNAX TIL Al Capone Was Paroled After Only 8 Years, Lived Out His Life At His Florida Mansion
NXpkP TIL An estimated 10 to 15 percent of abducted Africans died on their way to the coast from the interior during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Historians also estimate that between 15 and 25 percent of the enslaved Africans bound for the Americas died aboard slave ships.