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TIL Plastic waste can be converted into fuel - gasoline, diesel or kerosine - needing only 1 kw of electricity make 1 liter of oil. This means all the plastic choking sea life, polluting the ocean, and filling landfills could have been used to power cars and machinery.

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Wklb9 TIL after Libertarians from the Free State Project took over the tiny town of Grafton, NH, their municipal budget-cutting and disregard for local wildlife caused bears to become fearless. That led to 3 separate bear attacks.
8aYwV TIL that In 1916 4 people were killed by a juvenile Great White shark in New Jersey (1 of the victims was swimming in a freshwater creek far from the coast)
wojlM TIL that peacocks, specifically the male peafowl, are capable of flight, but their flying abilities are limited compared to many other bird species.
AJda TIL Bill O'Reilly’s book “Killing Lincoln” isn’t sold at Ford’s Theatre because it is “riddled with inaccuraccies”
QJKvE TIL the daughter of Pakistan's ex PM used Typeface Calibri font to forge documents about illegal offshore companies. The documents were purportedly created in 2006. However, the font wasn’t publicly available to computer users worldwide until 2007.