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TIL compostable plastic is only compostable in an industrial or commercial facility

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5llB TIL that russian peasants used to practice 6 month periods of psudo hibernation each and every year to stave off starvation and famine. It was called the ‘Winter Sleep’ or 'lotska’.
QNgva TIL Margarine was originally named oleomargarine from Latin for oleum (olive oil) and Greek margarite ("pearl", indicating luster).
xjkw TIL:A captive shark, vomited up another, different shark, which had a human arm in it’s belly, and the arm was used to solve a murder.
W1DL TIL that two of Saturn’s moons, Janus and Epimetheus, only have an orbital altitude difference of 50km. Due to this, one moon will ‘catch up’ to the other every four years, and they will begin a 100 day process in which they exchange orbital positions.
p84ap TIL that Bosnian Croats have the genetic potential to be the tallest population in the world, the average Herzegovinian man can grow to 6'3 (190cm) but they rarely reach that height due to poverty and malnutrition.