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TIL in 2020 global human-made mass exceeded all living biomass

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gMR7A TIL That the Goodwill will refuse to take your old office chair, bean bags, or box spring mattresses
VBR1m TIL That Arnold Schwarzenegger hasn't been part of Planet Hollywood since 2000
b6rGQ TIL in 1818, an Englishman accused of murder demanded a trial by combat. Surprisingly, the law that allowed for trial by combat was still valid, and the man was acquitted when his accuser declined the offer of battle. Trial by combat was abolished the following year.
NYAE TIL 1816 is known as the Year Without a Summer. Several frosts and snow across New England destroyed crops and led to starvation.
m14pM TIL after centuries of use in America there was an international effort to ban sign language. Educators from Europe wanted to force the deaf to try to focus on oral communication instead. Linguists rejected American Sign Language as a language until William Stokoe proved it had grammar in the 1960s.