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TIL Pizza boxes cannot be recycled if they have any bits of pizza on them.

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D1oZr TIL about the Spotlight Effect, due to which people constantly believe that they are being noticed much more than they really are. Since the centre of one's own world is oneself, and not others, you cannot correctly evaluate how others feel about you.
BgJe TIL that early Russian ruler Vladimir the Great met with representatives from various religions in order to choose a new faith for his people. When presented with Islam he turned it down, declaring that “Drinking is the joy of the Rus’, we can’t go without it.”
R5Yx7 TIL about the disturbing murder of Bridget Cleary, an Irish woman who was murdered by her husband (reportedly through immolation) because he thought she was a changeling (a type of fairie from Irish mythology) and that killing her would bring his wife back.
69rR8 TIL that the late James Horner, the acclaimed composer behind iconic scores for films like Braveheart and Titanic, began his career writing music for horror movies.
oBpbA TIL Stevie Ray Vaughan played the famous guitar solo on David Bowie's "Let's Dance"