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TIL you actually CAN recycle pizza boxes

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86kP TIL The Pennsylvania Dutch aren’t actually Dutch, they are German. Upon arrival, they were saying “Deutsch” which is German for, well, German. Germany in the their native language is “Deutschland.” English speaking Americans just assumed they were saying “Dutch.”
M5e7 TIL when Plato defined humans as “featherless bipeds”, Diogenes brought a plucked chicken into Plato’s classroom, saying “Behold! I’ve brought you a man!”. After the incident, Plato added “with broad flat nails” to his definition.
v1L7L TIL If you spell Bananas without the B it's the scientific name for pineapples
1vaW TIL it only takes a gallon of fuel to move 1 ton of material 500 miles by rail.
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