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TIL that it takes 28% to 70% less energy to produce a ton of paper from recycled paper than from trees.

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WkE1Y TIL about Golden Rice, genetically modified rice that has an increased nutritional value in an attempt to fight malnutrition in poverty stricken places.
64Rw TIL that “Surfer, Dude”, a 2008 film starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, holds a 0% Rotten Tomatoes review after recouping only $52k of its estimated $6M cost of production
jNbXE TIL the Australian Palm Cockatoo is the only animal other than humans known to drum out a rhythmic beat with a tool/stick. First witnessed in 1997 they do this to attract females.
AXMl TIL Subway is just as unhealthy as McDonalds, according to researchers at UCLA
ga8 TIL That the male spiders Sexual organ works faster as well as more efficiently when it is detached by the female thus killing the male, It’s called the eunuch phenomenon