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

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kJ84W TIL it wasn't until the 19th century that a physician to Louis XVIII correlated the chemistry of a toxin with the biological effects it produces in a poisoned individual.
Eg5Qo TIL about Genericide - where a trademark is lost because the trademarked term becomes the generic name for the item so it can't be copyrighted; this happened to "escalator" where it lost its copyright when it became the common term for any kind of moving stairs.
EQpw TIL that the DFW Airport is larger than the entire island of Manhattan.
yVrba TIL that there where woolly rhinoceros that inhabited northern Eurasia
l6NN TIL That after using his body as a shield against a grenade and absoring 43 pieces of fragmentation, along with being shot 7 times by 7.62x39mm rounds, Sgt Bradley Kasal refused to quit fighting and his credited with saving the lives of several other Marines along with his own