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TIL Paper bags haven’t been proven to be “greener” than plastic bags. Paper causes more harm to produce, plastic more harm after produced.

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ANk97 TIL there is a difference between shock and electrocution which is short for electric execution. An electrocution results in death. While people survive getting shocked, they may struggle for the rest of their lives with burn scars, seizures, chronic pain, severe headaches, nerve damage, paralyzed
lobBB TIL that while rare, cow vagina is a delicacy street food usually eaten in South East Asia, especially Vietnam.
e7l5 TIL that an Cuban-American FBI agent spent 3 years undercover in the Gambino crime family, convincing everyone he was Italian. He nearly became a made member of the family before the investigation was stopped.
gdwX TIL the fork came to Italy before any other European country because of pasta
69mLW TIL Linnaeus binomial classification was preceded by Clerck's and the first animal to get binomial name was an orb-weaving spider Araneus angulatus