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TIL that rather than wasting water on doing laundry, Astronauts on the International Space Station eject their dirty worn clothes into space to burn in the Earth’s atmosphere.

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00Oj TIL British eggs are illegal in the US for being “unwashed” and American eggs are illegal in the UK for being “washed”
PaWJ TIL 60% of Indian men are too small for the standard condom
pYWdA TIL that Ruth Handler of Barbie fame was the first to market toys to kids rather than parents by advertising a toy machine gun on Mickey Mouse Club. The ad campaign was worth entire Mattel market cap at the time.
4XGVw Til: The vast majority(79-91% depending on sources) of plastic has never been recycled, and plastic recycling is largely a marketing ploy to ease public perception of plastic producing companies
VBEj0 TIL that it was common medical practice to inject urine in a frog as a pregnancy test.