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TIL paper recycling was first recorded in 1031, when Japanese shops sold repulped paper.

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YaOd TIL there is an Orthodox Jewish prayer men say in the morning thanking god for not making them a woman.
EgYQV TIL No hurricane has ever crossed the equator. Coriolis forces are 0 at the equator, and they are needed to make a storm spin. A wiki page is dedicated to the rare storm that gets within 3°
b1m0 TIL of a species of Sea Cow over 10 times the size of Manatees that Europeans hunted to extinction in just 27 years
nWk1r TIL that in response to "Brown vs Board of Education", the State of Georgia passed legislation to close de-segregated public schools, to abolish attendance requirements for desegregated schools, and to fund the establishment of white-only 'private schools' in their place.
e0n8b TIL A movie exists wherein Denise Richards falls in love with Paul Walker, only to have a gang of bullies feed him to a lion, at which point a mad scientist puts his brain in a robotic T-Rex.