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

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Z8EDG TIL of Anandibai Joshi, the first female doctor from India. She was also the first woman in India to complete her studies in western medicine from the United States.
Kdy4 TIL the Saguaro Cactus takes 75 years to grow its first “arm;” and a Saguaro that dies this year has, on average, been around since before the Civil War.
jarR TIL 19th century England (and the US, but a bit later) had ‘Ugly Clubs’ where people that had less desirable facial traits met up to drink, sing, and satirize their own looks.
0wGpM TIL in 2007 Iranians collected 1 million signatures in favor of equal rights for women, but almost all of the organizers (including Nasrin Sotudeh) were arrested by the government