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TIL that cellophane is not a form of plastic and is completely biodegradable

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R7Ea6 TIL that the three black lines along the side of school buses not only protect the side of the bus but also indicate where the floor line, bottom of the seat and top of the seat are.
R7w17 TIL Katy Perry, David Bowie, and Michael Keaton all use stage names in order to avoid confusion with Kate Hudson, Davy Jones, and Michael Douglas
wo8Xo TIL that an expert parachutist fell to his death when he jumped from a plane, without realizing that he wasn’t wearing a parachute
8eXV TIL Room 101, the torture chamber in “1984”, was named after a room where Orwell was forced to endure tedious meetings.
R7Yew TIL the Micro Scooter was invented by a Swiss man who wanted to get to his favorite sausage shop more quickly