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TIL the city of Eskilstuna in Sweden recycles half of all its waste, with no domestic waste going to landfill.

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b9Z0E TIL in 2001 India started building roads that hold together using polymer glues made from shredded plastic wastes. These plastic roads have developed no potholes and cracks after years of use, and they are cheaper to build. As of 2016, there are more than 21,000 miles of plastic roads.
rNaj1 TIL the CIA has a venture capital fund it uses to identify and fund various technologies with "national security" interest
0jrj Til there was a man who determined such advanced mathematics 100 years ago that it took until recently for the scientific community to understand it, and it is now a part of string theory. He had no college degree and failed out of college because he was too focused on actually doing things.
Z8W54 TIL a bruin bear was found on a ledge of a California bridge. Volunteers strung a net under the bear; officials shot it with a tranquilizer dart, nudged it with a pole onto the net, lowered it to the ground & steered it into the wild. The bridge where the bear was found is called "Rainbow Bridge."
aJ6A TIL that fans sent “Get Well” cards to Evander Holyfield in advance of his fight with Mike Tyson where he was the 25-to-1 underdog. He went on to win the fight in one of the most shocking upsets in boxing history