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TIL Cellophane, the clear plastic used to wrap food, is biodegradable and produced from wood pulp

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9Yn7Q TIL as homage and in-joke, Quentin Tarantino named Mike Myers character from Inglourious Basterds "General Ed Feneche" to honor 1970s era Italian scream queen and sex symbol Edwige Fenech.
oRykR TIL The Mani Peninsula never fell to the Ottomans Turks and managed to remain it's own state to 1821
awl1Z TIL that Ted Bundy was offered a plea deal of 75 years in prison if he confessed to some of his murders, but he backed out at the last minute because accepting meant he had to admit to the world that he was guilty and "he just couldn't do it". He was later executed via the electric chair.
MeEGA TIL in the midst of anti-Vietnam War protests, President Nixon left the White House to talk to the protesters face-to-face. When the Secret Service grew concerned for his safety, he told them to wait.
nemR9 TIL the Gulf Stream has such an effect on temperatures in Western Europe, that it puts them in a completely different climate to other places at the same latitude around the world. Parts of Canada that have polar bears are on the same latitude as Scotland.