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

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E1pld TIL that the name for Russia comes from the Finnish word "Rus" which means Swede (as in "a person from Sweden"). Russians originate from Varangians (type of Vikings) originating from Sweden who later became slavicized.
E1J5W TIL that due to a loophole in the New Jersey State Constitution women in New Jersey could vote from 1776 to 1807, many years prior to Women's Suffrage in the United States
lWy1 TIL the South Pole is 9,301 feet above sea level - but 9,000 feet of that is ice.
Qwle TIL DC Comics sued the soccer club of Valencia CF for using a “bat logo” vaguely similar to the Batman one, despite Valencia using it since 1919, 20 years prior the creation of Batman
GY1Nj TIL that 35% of British adults sleep with a stuffed bear toy.