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TIL Earths Geographical North Pole is actually earths Southern Magnetic Pole.

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LNYd TIL: Americans create 250 million tons of trash, and 134 million tons ends up in landfills. By recycling and composting 87 million tons of our garbage, we eliminated more than 183 million metric tons of Co2, which is like getting rid of the annual emissions of 34 million cars.
OGEGY TIL that in 2020 the Smithsonian published an article claiming that things like individualism, planning for the future, avoiding conflict, and being polite were all aspects of "white culture"
oBGwL TIL the parents were conceived as the leads of sitcom Family Ties but positive reaction to Michael J Fox's character saw focus switch to Alex after the fourth episode
yQxXl TIL that Marvel, DC, and other major comic book publishers adopted the "Comics Code" in 1954. Under the Code, criminals could not be depicted sympathetically, and police, judges, and government officials could not be shown as corrupt. The code was revised over time and was abandoned in the 2000s.
DQ4ve TIL All shellac (78 rpm) and Vinyl (16, 33 and 45 rpm) records start their information from the outside, spinning to the inside. Every other form of spinning data records created since then (floppy discs, hard drives, LaserDiscs, CD, DVD) records from the inside to the outside.