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TIL there is a way to make transparent wood, which is biodegradable and has many advantages over glass and plastic when used in architecture and furniture.

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BrL7y TIL of Rimjin-gang, a network of underground journalists operating in North Korea who work to smuggle out news and videos from the country
mxx9P TIL There are four different types of OCD. One of them is checking. The checking is often carried out multiple times, sometimes hundreds of times, and for hours on end, resulting in the person being late for work, dates and other appointments.
4kEbb TIL one should not expose themselves to DAP’s Alex Fast Dry caulk. It is harmful to breathe the vapors and get it on your skin.
DQBpv TIL: In 1916, Mary murdered a homeless man by crushing his head. She was then hung from a crane as she was a 5 ton elephant. An autopsy discovered that she had a severely infected tooth and that might have been the cause of the murderous rage.
8eQYb TIL the original script for Happy Feet framed it as a much darker PG-13 movie, with uses of "Shit", acknowledgement of penguins having high mortality rates from predation and starvation, anti-religion/tradition undertones, and an appearance of godlike alien penguins in the ending.