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TIL of Arboform, a "liquid wood" that feels and biodegrades like wood but can be cast like plastic.

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b9ZxQ TIL that after his term as president, William Howard Taft returned to a career in law and eventually became Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
epVNE TIL Hou Jing, a general during the China's North-South period, seized control of the government of the Liang dynasty by rebelling. After that, in an act of vanity, he gave himself the title of "General of the Universe, Past, Present, and Future, Commander of all Forces in the Six Directions".
xVMXo TIL the McDonald's Happy Meal debuted in the US in 1979 as the "Circus Wagon Happy Meal"
X0gnQ TIL Littering can result in imprisonment of up to six years in Tennessee
kJ4wE TIL the "metals of antiquity" are gold, silver, copper, tin, lead, iron, and mercury.