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TIL Costa Rica is the first country to start a ban on all single-use plastics, scheduled to be complete by 2021

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e0yk4 TIL in the Spawn comic book, Marvel and DC superheroes are imprisoned in Hell with their creators, making a meta-commentary on corporate vs indie publishers
R7p67 TIL that US and UK were reluctant to release info about the Holocaust, as they felt that the extreme stories would undermine the credibility of both governments. US also didn't want to turn the war into being about Jews, as antisemitism was quite common in US at the time.
vr0r TIL of Dr. Jerri Nielsen, a doctor stationed at the South Pole who diagnosed, biopsied and treated her own breast cancer during the overwinter period when the crew is normally isolated from the outside world. In complete darkness, medical equipment had to be airdropped from military aircraft.
l0MV TIL CIA spent $15 million to train a cat to spy on Russians. Just after it was released on its mission, the cat was killed by a car.
woPk1 TIL that insects are not attracted to lights "like moths to a flame." But they are constantly forced to alter their flight path instinctually with their backs to the brightest source of light.