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TIL that old batteries are recycled into fertilizer to help grow corn.

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dQRB TIL it’s illegal to serve medium rare burgers in Canada
Vyrk TIL Instead of donating money to the New York Food Bank, Toyota offered “kaizen”, a Japanese word meaning “continuous improvement”. Toyota sent its engineers to the soup kitchen and reduced wait time from 90 to 18 minutes.
8aZ84 TIL that there are “black holes” in the ocean that have the same mathematical properties as “normal” black holes. They capture water instead of light and can grow as big as a city.
8axAL TIL Teachers at a Florida elementary placed books inside the school vending machine. Students can buy books using tokens earned from doing good deeds or working hard in class
Eg4rX TIL Rock and Roll was originally a euphemism for sex