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TIL the Quakers won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947.

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Z8Xy4 TIL Wax Worms can eat and break down one of the most common plastics (polyethylene) into organic compounds. Wax worms are common insects which evolved to live in bee hives.
gMPN9 TIL about “An Open Secret” which appears to only be available on YouTube and chronicles decades of pedophilia and child sex abuse in Hollywood and the attempt by many to ignore and cover it up.
xVNeB TIL many people in Switzerland eat cat and dog meat, particularly at Christmas.
XRor TIL white rice raises blood sugar more than sugary drinks
r80o TIL the author of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” was an experimental test subject of the CIA’s MK Ultra program.