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TIL that the ♻️ symbol does not mean that the plastic can be recycled

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ADREd TIL, of the Nonseum in Austria, a museum for intentionally useless inventions. Items on display include a cigarette with a filter on both ends.
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eA75 TIL Robert Taylor, inventor of soap-in-a-pump-bottle (Softsoap), knew larger competitors like Colgate would try to copy his product. In order to ensure they couldn’t copy him, he bought every small bottle hand-pump (100 million bottles) in the US. This resulted in a year of the market to himself
J1P8v TIL Karoly Takacs was a top pistol shooter in the Hungarian Army who missed the 1936 Olympics due to his rank. in 1938 he destroyed his right hand due to an accident, he started shooting left-handed and won Gold in the 1948 & 1952 Olympics.
pxBG TIL that the popularity of pizza is so recent, than in 1950, a lawyer had a witness explain to a jury what it was