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TIL France outlawed discardable dishware in fast food restaurants.

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KOX8a TIL Mouse's shotguns in The Matrix were working models that fired 900 rounds per minute. It used a unique cam-driven design invented by movies armorer, John Bowring.
NEL6 TIL there are tribes called ‘Cargo Cults’, who worshipped planes during WW2, believing they were gifts from the gods, and they built their own small airstrips and phoney planes to attract them. Some tribes still exist today.
D1App There is an increasing trend of women opting for a C-Section during childbirth, especially in the western world. This has led to more babies being born that have larger heads (the main reason why a C-Section is required during delivery). However, women’s birth canals haven’t adapted to this change leading to more C-Sections and hence more big headed babies being born. It’s a cycle that has repeatedly been in motion since the rise of C-sections in the US since the 1950s and 60s.
Dpar TIL In GTA IV, there is a children’s beauty pageant advertised online, and if you click on it, you get an automatic 5 stars for its pedophelic content.
v1n8R TIL about the swiss battle tank Panzer 68: using the radio at full power would lead to erratic movements of the turret and switching on the heating system could fire the main gun