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TIL that some animals, such as penguins and chimpanzees, can sometimes prostitute themselves for pebbles or meat.

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9w8bp TIL in the UK alone, some 7 million Halloween costumes are binned each year, equivalent of 2000 tons of plastic, and globally less than 13% of material inputs to clothing manufacture are recycled and only 1% of clothing textiles are recycled into new clothes. According to The Fairyland Trust.
8eYDK TIL that the Holy See isn't just a name for Vatican City, it is also the name for the government of the Vatican. The Holy See is sovereign on its own, giving the illusion that the Holy See and Vatican City are two separate countries.
pkyA TIL That the film “Jeepers Creepers” was based on an actual unsolved murder: Easter Sunday 1990 outside of Coldwater, MI, Ray & Marie Thorton were chased & tormented on Snowperry RD, by a strange masked man in a blood-soaked Chevy van, after witnessing him dump a body by an abandoned school.
QWD6 TIL: Steve Jobs felt guilty about getting a liver transplant because he was rich so he helped author a law in California requiring the DMV to ask you to be a donor to increase the number of potential organ donors.
eOED TIL that the NFL refuses to broadcast games within a 75 mile radius of the home team’s stadium, unless the stadium sells out 72 hours before the game.