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TIL Takeout coffee cups are not recyclable and billions are wasted every year

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B6Vb TIL that toilet paper companies have made the paper roughly 20% smaller than they used to be, and have made the cardboard tube larger, all while increasing the price.
rR8Dy TIL that Benkos Bioho, an African king that was captured and taken to South America, helped create a way to use braids to convey maps and messages. This stopped his captors from finding out his and his peers' plans. Some braids represented escape and certain roads while others held gold and seeds.
rN5Zd TIL that South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone purchased, renovated, and are reopening Casa Bonita in Denver.
WXy8 TIL President Andrew Jackson taught his pet parrot to swear and at his funeral it commenced swearing so loud and long it had to be carried from the house.
v1JbL TIL the famous "Dogs Playing Poker" paintings were ads for cigars.