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TIL that pizza boxes are only recycleable if the grease and oil stained portions are removed; otherwise, the oily contaminants ruin the entire batch of paper fibers.

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1amO TIL that the screeching noise you get from scraping your fingernails against a chalkboard is uncomfortable because it is similar to a primate warning call and triggers a fight or flight response.
MeMGB TIL that though Japan is notorious for its long work hours, “American workers clocked in more average annual hours than Japanese workers in 2016.”
6m6l TIL that a 17th-century French noble swordswoman beat men in duels, sang at the opera, and rescued her lesbian lover from a convent by burning it down. She was pardoned by the king.
Egedx TIL Cows were brought to Japan from China in the 2nd century. Until the Meiji Restoration in 1868, they were used only as draught animals, in agriculture, forestry, mining and for transport, also a source of fertilizer. Due to cultural and religious reasons, meat and milk was not consumed.
p8Zrp TIL Pablo EskoBear, a 175lb black bear, died after eating 76lbs of Cocaine.