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TIL a bidet is considered a key green technology and uses significantly less water, electricity, and wood than a single roll of toilet paper

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xV7r7 TIL that when morphine was first synthesized from opium in 1805, one of its early uses was as a “non-addictive” drug to treat people with an addiction to the relatively less addictive opium.
E179V TiL: Farts Can Be Deadly (to Astronauts).
LQg99 TIL that Japan’s Tobe Zoo conducts lion escape drills using a human in a lion costume. Due to Japan’s earthquake-prone location, these elaborate drills are crucial to prepare for emergencies
GYXY4 TIL that Lance Armstrong was only caught after an insurance company that sponsored him realized they could get millions of dollars in bonus money back if Armstrong was stripped of his titles.
NX5Ob TIL Egg cream (the carbonated drink) contains neither egg nor cream.