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TIL "flushable" wipes cause major clogs in sewers and should not be flushed down the toilet

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yWpJ TIL that Hitler’s plan for Moscow was to kill all residents and replace it with a lake
9eOp TIL Ore trains in Sweden traveling down to the coast generate five times the amount of electricity they use, powering nearby towns and the return trip for other trains.
rRJ04 TIL the American Humane Association Film Unit (responsible for "No Animals Were Harmed" message in films) formed in 1940 due to outrage about a horse that was thrown off a cliff and drowned for the 1939 film Jesse James. Before then trip wires were used to film horses falling over often killing them
6WBJ TIL that the age of consent in Japan is only 13 years old.
VM8L8 TIL that screensavers were originally created to save CRT screens from burning an image into the display due to prolonged, unchanged use.