› added 2 years ago

99

TIL that hotels collect guests’ used soaps which are then scraped to remove hair and and other stuff, then melted down and made into new soaps.

Read more latimes.com

via reddit.com

d8KLE TIL that Americans spend on lottery more than they spend on books, video games, sports tickets, movies and music - combined.
KOPxR TIL there's a mall in Sweden called ReTuna, where everything for sale is recycled, reused, or sustainably produced. Shop owners, including Ikea, refurbish and resell old products for shoppers to purchase.
YM5v TIL that lying to, or misinforming somebody about events or facts (with the purpose of making them doubt their memory or sanity), is called Gaslighting
P1NYZ TIL Sweden has the largest Mandaean population in the world. Mandaeans are the last major Gnostic faith; so given Sweden’s high Mandaean population and low general population, Sweden is the most Gnostic country on Earth.
rNaLW TIL that the loudest animal in the world is the 2cm long Pistol Shrimp. It can create bubbles that pop at a volume louder than a gun shot and produce temperatures of over 4,000 degrees Celsius. It shoots these bubbles at it’s prey.