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TIL that in Rwanda, single-use plastics are banned

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OxgL TIL that Joe Kennedy, sold all of his stock just before the 1929 market crash, because he knew something was wrong when a poor shoe shine boy was giving him investment advice.
JoMB TIL Thomas Jefferson built a clock on the outside wall of his house with only an hour hand, as he believed an hour hand would be accurate enough for his slaves
nmDd TIL PETA thinks Pokemon promotes animal cruelty
XQKX TIL Richard Feynman made one mistake in his Feynman’s Lectures book and one student got her answer wrong in a exam. To her Feynman wrote “In science, believe in logic, not in authorities; I goofed and you goofed it too for believing me”
RJM1 TIL before 1996, English courts had a “year and a day” rule where if it takes someone longer than a year and a day to kill someone then it is not counted as murder.