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

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oB5nL TIL Mozart can reduce seizure frequency in people with epilepsy
JYLWk TIL that males and females finish urination differently. Specifically, males contract a muscle called the bulbospongiosus several times to empty the urethra, whereas the female urethra is emptied by gravity, and females do not use this muscle to 'squeeze' out the urine like males do.
peXe TIL there’s a 13,000 square mile radio silence zone in the US where AM, FM, wifi, and cell signals are banned.
WkmR8 TIL of "Harambee", a Swahili word that means "All pull together" and describes a tradition of community self-help. It comes from the Hindi "har har Ambeh"; Indian workers on the Uganda Railway invoked Amba, the Hindu god of strength, for tasks requiring a team effort, such as lifting heavy loads.
Lkajm TIL about a species of mushrooms in Japan called Shiinotomoshibitake that grows on the trunks of decaying trees on Mt. Yokogura. The mushrooms are unique because they glow green during the period between late May and early July. Scientists are yet to determine why this is.