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TIL Ancient Earth May Have Smelled Like Rotten Eggs

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1678d TIL Krogrer stores (QFC, King Soopers, Fred Meyer, etc.) will pay for shipping if you put packaging from their personal brands in a box and mail it back to them for reuse at no cost to you. You can use a box you already own. They also recycle tons of types of plastic in-store.
PY5gL TIL Infrared images taken from satellites have aided the discovery of ancient human artifacts, roads, and footpaths all over the world, providing invaluable information to archaeologists.
8el8L TIL: John Michell in 1783, published a paper speculating the existence of black holes, and was forgotten until the 1970s
r171 TIL when elected President of the United States, George Washington was the owner and operator the largest whiskey distillery in the country
9Y7eQ TIL that during a police standoff with a suspected murderer in 2010, former England footballer Paul Gascoigne turned up with a "can of lager, some chicken, a mobile phone and something to keep warm" for the suspect.