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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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nWvWr TIL that after the collapse of the Tacoma bridge in 1940, it’s designer Clark Eldridge enlisted in the navy. He was captured and sent to a POW camp by the Japanese for three years. During his imprisonment, a Japanese officer recognized him, walked up to him and said “Tacoma bridge!”.
5pGP TIL The Army is looking to build ammo that is biodegradable and also contains seeds. Instead of training grounds being polluted with metal slugs, these grounds will grow flowers which will consume help biodegradable the munitions.
W74YN TIL Black english is considered as a separate dialect called AAVE. It has survived several attempts of elimination from educators before being recognized as a variation of english and having its own grammar
KOVnG TIL Alfred George Hinds today remains remembered as one of the most celebrated British prison break artists. During his life he managed to escape from not one, but three heavily guarded prisons, all in attempt to prove his innocence to the English legal system.
yPNV TIL that gargoyles are used as waterspouts and grotesques are decorative.