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TIL those super common dissolvable packing peanuts you can melt with water can be composted

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kNjg TIL “Devils Advocate” was an official position within the Catholic Church, the Devils Advocate would argue against any proposed sainthood in order to uncover any hidden or overlooked flaws
6E4MQ TIL that German film director Werner Herzog nearly took LANSA Flight 508, but canceled at the last minute. The plane was struck by lightning, killing 91 of 92 crew members and passengers. The lone survivor was 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke, whose story was told in Herzog's documentary Wings of Hope.
Z1dR TIL in the early ‘80s (before the HIV epidemic), there was a popular brand of appetite suppressant candy called “Ayd’s”. Their unfortunate marketing slogan? “Lose weight with Ayd’s!!”.
xQrB TIL Humans have historically had a issue seeing the colour blue
wObP TIL The Spirit Bear survived, in part, because the Native Americans never spoke of them to fur trappers