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

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Br1Kx TIL Every time a dog sees it’s owner, its brain secretes those same chemicals as our brains when we are in love.
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O0AL TIL Norway introduced salmon sushi to the Japanese
GY4o1 TIL that the guy who holds the world record for most consecutive made free throws didn't even make the “A” basketball team in high school. He attributes his skill to the concentration he learned as a dairy farmer.
nW7PB TIL That Napoleon was nearly couped while he was fighting in Russia by a former General and sanatorium inmate with forged papers claiming Napoleon had died in battle. The ruse was only exposed when he talked to someone who had received letters from after Napoleon "died".