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TIL rhino horns, tortoise shells and amber are all types of plastics.

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KdAJ TIL items confiscated by the TSA (including weapons) end up getting sold back to the general public in state-run auctions.
e0lZ4 TIL That in 1890 Congress passed a bill turning Denver’s first cemetery into a park. Family members were given 90 days to remove the remains. The undertaker responsible for transferring the unclaimed bodies then used child sized coffins. Hacking limbs from the remains so they would fit.
X4jX TIL that the ancient board game “Go” was being played at a tournament in Hiroshima in 1945, when the atomic bomb went off only 3 miles way. Though the building was damaged and people were injured, they finished the match later that same afternoon (white won)
ANYBx TIL basal cell carcinoma grows roots. What looks like a small bump that’s not healing on top of your skin on the outside could actually be much larger underneath. It’s a very treatable skin cancer, but also has a high rate if reoccurrence.
GAYkN TIL actress Thandiwe Newton decided to correct her name in April 2021 after a 30 year long career of going by Thandie due to a misspelling in the credits of her first film.