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TIL the inventor of plastic bags, Sten Gustaf Thulindid, didn't believe in single-use plastics. he carried a plastic bag in his pocket and used it over and over again.

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NNo8 TIL that the West Point Class of 1915 became known as “the class the stars fell on”. Of the 164 members of the class, 59 attained the rank of general, including Dwight Eisenhower and Omar Bradley.
GYPRG TIL each year, small groups of eastern gray whales travel from the northern Pacific Ocean along the coast of western North America to the warm waters of southern California and northern Mexico and then back in what is considered the longest annual migration of any mammal, up to 22,000km/13,700miles.
bQ4E TIL Buffalo Bill’s Father, Isaac Cody, was invited to speak at a trading post where pro-slavery men often held meetings; his antislavery speech angered the crowd, who yelled for him to step down until someone stabbed him to death.
EgkXd TIL The World’s Most Inconvenient Convenience Store Hangs 393 Feet Off the Side of a Cliff Located in China’s Shiniuzhai National Geological Park.
w0D7 TIL that Ozzy Osborne was arrested for urinating on the Alamo in 1982. When the arresting officer asked “Sir, how would you feel if I urinated on Buckingham Palace?” Ozzy replied “I wouldn’t mind – I’ve done that as well!”.