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TIL legendary music producers Pharrell and Timbaland are cousins

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4mb6 TIL that 99 percent of Sweden’s garbage is now recycled and that they import waste from UK, Italy, Norway, and Ireland for its 32 waste-to-energy (WTE) plants.
l7Wp7 TIL that Set, the ancient Egyptian god of chaos, is depicted with the head of an animal that is consistently rendered but bears a resemblance to no known creature. The, "set animal," is also sometimes depicted sitting or standing in fully animal form.
neb7b TIL Kyrgyz goats have a lump of fat on their back that is considered a delicacy, and these animals can fetch extreme prices
MeXvb TIL street vendors in East Asia have a very different way of making popcorn than in the West. They put kernels in a rotating steel pressure chamber over an open flame called a "popcorn hammer." Upon opening, all of the kernels pop at the same time with a huge "BOOM" that also serves as advertising.
X0j9P TIL the Mountain time zone, properly drawn, would reach as far as the cities of Austin, Oklahoma City, and Wichita, but only include parts of them