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TIL chemists have developed two plant-based plastic alternatives to the current fossil fuel made plastics. Using chemical recycling instead of mechanical recycling, 96% of the initial material can be recovered.

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KdMa TIL during the filming of Lord of the Rings, Sean Bean refused a helicopter ride to a set due to a fear of flying and instead hiked up to it in full Boromir armor
WkV4o TIL of Carl Lutz, who is credited with saving 62,000 Bulgarian Jews almost singlehandedly.
m9pR TIL; Liam is short for William.
oBmvK The only sculpture on the Moon, this statuette and plaque were secretly left by the crew of Apollo 15 in 1971 as a memorial to those who “made the ultimate contribution” to the exploration of space.
4XOAb TIL Sejong the Great (King of Korea), invented the Korean alphabet. While Korean was spoken, it used the Chinese alphabet which Koreans found confusing. This led to high illiteracy. King Sejong decided a new alphabet would fix the issue, so he invented one.