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TIL that companies using paperless methods to “go green” aren’t actually “going green” at all.

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QJMr9 Til A museum in New York sheds light on the history of chocolate. Anthropologists find, chocolate was produced by pre-Olmec cultures living in Mesoamerica(now Mexico) as early as 1900 B.C. After the Spanish colonized Mexico in 1524, they acquired the recipe of chocolate and brought it to Europe
R7K97 TIL Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter while on LSD
DQPpe TIL Ethan Zuckerman, the man who created pop-up ads, has said sorry to the world for inventing one of the most detested forms of online advertising.
gML8A TIL during WWII the Dominican Republic took in 100,000 Jewish people fleeing Europe
vPPnD TIL that Antoni Gaudí, one of Spain's greatest ever architects, once got hit by a tram. People who walked by him assumed he was a common beggar and ignored him until it was too late. He died of these injuries