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TIL books about how to reduce plastic waste were individually shrink-wrapped in single-use plastic by a US distributor. UK author Martin Dorey said: "We worked with the printer to make it one of the most environmentally friendly books this year. And then this."

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4kVPg Today I learned that on average, Mercury is the closest planet to ALL other planets.
rNyNx TIL that Treadmills were used as punishment devices for people sentenced to forced labor in British prisons. It was banned as cruel and inhumane by 1900.
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