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TIL a Japanese company makes chopsticks out of broken baseball bat's.

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nZvr TIL an Air Canada passenger flight took a detour and dropped from 37,000 feet to 4,000 feet to help find a stranded yacht off the Australian coast. It took the passengers 25 minutes after the emergency beacon was activated to locate the yacht.
bBoQ TIL in a 1945 Alexander Fleming warned that massive use of penicillin could lead to the propagation of mutant forms of bacteria that would resist the drug.
rRwdx TIL that in most areas where hunting may occur deer seem to develop an acute sense of time and a fondness for metro parks and golf courses. This odd occurrence is noted in Michigan, around late Aug. early Sept. they begin to move out of less developed areas in favor of living near human settlements.
OoWwe TIL the movie The Wolf of Wall Street was funded by money stolen from the Malaysian people by its corrupt Prime Minister.
xk11 TIL russian soldiers do not wear socks - they wrap a piece of cloth around their feet. Socks will finally be introduced by the end of this year