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TIL Sten Gustaf Thulin invented the plastic bag as a reusable and sustainable alternative to the deforestation caused by paper bags. He'd always carry his plastic bag in his pocket and envisioned everyone would carry and re-use their plastic bags wherever they'd go.

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6EWXJ TIL That the word "Jiffy" (as in, "i'll be back in a jiffy" or "Jiffy Lube") refers to an actual Unit of time, 'The Jiffy', which is defined as "the amount of time light takes to travel one fermi (about the size of a nucleon) in a vacuum".
4XAPN TIL that despite playing an anti-Semitic Kazakhstani man, Sasha Baron Cohen is actually speaking Hebrew throughout the entire movie "Borat"
X0o0k TIL that Roman gladiators were overweight (NOT muscle-bound) and ate mostly vegetarian diets
9wYNG TIL that there is a strong positive correlation between how fast someone walks and the population of the city that they're from. If a city is 10x larger than another, people will walk 24% faster on average.
JOE8 TIL that Thomas Edison was an advocate for monetary reform in the United States. He was ardently opposed to the gold standard, and debt based money. Famously, he was quoted in the New York Times stating “Gold is a relic of Julius Caesar, and interest is an invention of Satan.”