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TIL that France has become the first country in the world to ban supermarkets from throwing away or destroying unsold food, forcing them instead to donate it to charities and food banks.

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Pvrg TIL that captive ‘maned wolves’ were traditionally fed meat heavy diets, which caused bladder stones. In the wild, more than 50% of their diet consists of vegetable matter.
Z8XNv TIL that the earth will become inhospitable to life in 2 - 3 billion years as the sun increases in temperature, pushing the habitable Goldilocks zone to Mars or beyond.
D1mjY TIL that the word 'Trampoline' was created and Trademarked in 1936, and comes from the Spanish 'trampolín', meaning a diving board.
aLab TIL There’s a basketball court on the fifth floor of the United States Supreme Court. It’s known as the Highest Court in the Land.
x68K5 TIL that fractual burning, a hobby/side hustle that uses a 2,100+ volt transformer from a scrapped microwave to burn decorative, treelike designs in wood, has killed at least 33 people in the U.S. since 2017, and gruesomely burned many others.