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TIL that Sweden’s recycling program is so successful that they are asking Norway for their trash to power their own Waste-to-Power plants because they don’t have enough non-recycled waste.

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LQvWd TIL that there is a scholarship at Loyola University Chicago that gives full tuition if you are Catholic and have the last name Zolp.
Byab TIL that the “@#$%&!” symbols often seen in comics to indicate/ censor inappropriate language have an actual name: grawlixes.
ADdP4 TIL: conceptual and non-conceptual mental states. Conceptual is beliefs that shape your current world view. Non-conceptual state can represent the world even though the bearer of those mental states need not possess the concepts required to specify their content.
xVVW7 TIL that in WW2 China flooded the Yellow River intentionally to stop the advance of the Japanese troops
M19m TIL Tom Brady’s wife Gisele Bundchen, has earned more money in modeling and business than he has in the NFL at near 300 Million Dollars next to his 120 Million, not only that but she has made more money than just about every other Pro-Athlete in History.