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

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wLbj1 TIL two tribes of chimpanzees were observed to have engaged in a four year civil war. The war consisted of separatists from an existing chimp tribe. The chimps engaged in cannibalism & they fought over territorial gains. The result ended in the complete decimation of the separatists chimpanzees.
5dY8 TIL: J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, compared himself to Vishnu, the destroyer of worlds. (This is an erie video clip)
nLaP TIL there is a mountain called Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu in New Zealand, its name translates to “The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the slider, climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one”
b9Ly9 TIL Memorial Day was started by freed slaves to honor soldiers who died during the civil war
Z4BG TIL Montpelier, Vermont is the only state capital without a McDonald’s, Burger King, or Walmart