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TIL Turkish garbage collectors have created a library from discarded books.

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6EaYZ TIL up to 88% of parents of deaf children never learn ASL.
D1kKY TIL of the Clacton Spear. A wooden spear tip that survived intact for 420,000 years but has broken several times since its discovery in 1911.
JYev TIL research has found that without artificial light like lamps and computer screens , humans fall asleep soon after it’s dark, wake up for an hour around midnight (which is usually used for having sex), and return to sleep until morning
BJer TIL Trash is America’s #1 export to China
YpWyr TIL that the word "amethyst" means "not drunk" because of an Ancient Greek belief that drinking from an amethyst cup would prevent intoxication.