› added 1 year ago

77

TIL about carbon credits, which can be purchased by companies and individuals to offset the carbon dioxide they produce.

Read more nbcnews.com

via reddit.com

AxAw TIL that aluminum can be recycled over and over again without any loss to quality, and a recycled beer can could be back on the shelf in 60 days.
8a0Na TIL When a cough lasts longer than six to eight weeks, it's considered a chronic cough. How postnasal drips causes a chronic cough is still not clearly understood
N7078 TIL the CIA once "kidnapped" a Soviet spacecraft overnight, took it apart, studied it, reassembled it, & sent it back without the Soviets realizing.
kOB9d TIL The phrase 'pipe dream' is an allusion to the dreams experienced by smokers of opium pipes
W7X0X TIL in 1986 the city of Cleveland, OH attempted to break a world record releasing the most helium balloons at one time and ended up killing 2 men.