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TIL more than 90% of cigarettes sold worldwide have a filter.These filters are typically made of a plastic called cellulose acetate, and are not biodegradable.

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xwpo TIL of William and Francis Buckland, eccentric father and son scientists who both developed the desire to consume as many different animals as possible. It is believed William Buckland also ate the heart of King Louis XIV. Charles Darwin called him a “vulgar and almost coarse man”
byQZ TIL Hans Zimmer composed the music for the Spider Pig song in The Simpsons Movie.
Bmpy TIL that NBC’s To Catch a Predator conducted a sting operation that resulted in the suicide of a pedophile who was having sexually explicit chats with a decoy posing as a minor.
KYdga TIL: There is a wooden statue of Rambo from First Blood, in Hope, BC, Canada to commemorate the filming of the movie there.
mxa4O TIL that Edward Rulloff, a 19th-century serial killer, doctor, philologist, and inventor, was deemed so intelligent that even after his conviction for murder, some believed he was too valuable to be hanged. Even Mark Twain jokingly offered to find a replacement to take his place at the gallows.