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TIL that bakery bags and envelopes with a window do not need to be seperated before throwing them into the recycling bin.

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w5OP TIL that Ben Franklin, after conceiving an illegitimate son, advocated sexual affairs with older women, claiming that “it is less sinful to have sex with an older woman than to debauch a virgin.”
Y7LoA TIL when Mattel sued dance-pop group Aqua for defamation over their 1997 hit "Barbie Girl," Court of Appeals judge Alex Kozinski dismissed the case. He concluded his ruling thus: "The parties are advised to chill."
e0Rkn TIL that in Norse mythology at the end of the world (Ragnarok) the gods--Odin, Thor, Loki and the others--as well as all humans, will die. Evil triumphs over good, and the world will be engulfed in water.
E1Qow TIL that Betty White is older than Mickey Mouse.
Z86lG TIL there is a blood sport known as Spider Fighting, where two spiders are placed on opposite ends of a stick and pushed towards the middle to fight one another. In 2002, inmates in a Florida prison got into a fight resulting in life threatening injuries over the theft of a pet fighting spider.