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TIL that researchers hypothesize that women were primarily responsible for the ceramics in at least one significant era of ancient Greek history

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4MZb TIL that some roller coasters are recycled by selling them and moving them to other theme parks. This is partly because a reclaimed roller coaster can cost 80% less than a new one. One roller coaster, Tsunami, has been at 4 different theme parks since 1986.
79pp TIL that no country in the world has a lower life expectancy than the the countries with the highest life expectancy in 1800.
GYbE5 TIL of Ken Alibek, last USSR 1st Deputy Director of Biopreparat. Before defecting to the US in 1992 he destroyed vast bioweapon (BW) stockpiles and production facilities but could not stop all future BW work in Russia. His 1999 book Biohazard details the USSR’s secret, treaty-violating BW program.
8ewa8 TIL that Caterpie is based on the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
8kK8 TIL a Canadian Non-Profit organization began teaching Vancouver-area alcoholics how to brew their own beer and make wine in an effort to keep them from drinking alternate sources of alcohol, like rubbing alcohol, mouthwash, and hand sanitizer