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TIL that a UK environmental agency found that reusing plastic shopping bags as garbage bags is more beneficial than recycling them

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MeJ10 TIL that 6 days after assuming the presidency, Saddam Hussein executed all of his opposition in one fell swoop while delivering one of the most chilling public speeches ever delivered.
BrLeL TIL that cannabis grows in the wild in the Himalayan region of India and Nepal
KOBj6 TIL that eating too much spinach can lead to an excessive build-up of gas, bloating, and cramps. The culprit is the fact that spinach is high in fiber and has lots of oxalate, which can be harmful in large amounts.
grdEA TIL - George Washington opened a whiskey distillery after his presidency and by 1799, it was the largest in the country producing 11,000 gallons of un-aged whiskey a year
7JKP TIL that the idiom “the cat’s out of the bag” is derived from a practice by some merchants who sold piglets in bags. If the buyer was distracted, the merchant would quickly switch the piglet w/ a cat. The buyer wouldn’t realize until they got home and let the cat, and not a piglet, out of the bag.