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TIL Sweden is so good at recycling, it has run out of garbage and now must import garbage from Norway to fuel its energy programs

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XZ5P TIL that Lina Medina, the world’s youngest mother who gave birth at the age of five in 1939 had started menstruating at three, developed breasts at four and broader hips by five. The biological father was never found and she is still alive today.
xD75 TIL: Plants produce capsaicin to discourage rodents from eating the fruit (and grinding the seeds in the process) but birds can’t detect the chemical and don’t destroy the seeds
p8eG8 TIL Aviation experts say African airlines have a terrible safety record but Ethiopian Airlines has always been considered an exception with a solid history. The previous fatal crash was in 1988 when a domestic flight hit a flock of pigeons and crashed, killing 31 people
D1xyV TIL Douglas Adams came up with the title for The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy while lying drunk in a field near Innsbruck with a copy of The Hitch-Hikers Guide to Europe. Looking up at the stars, he thought it would be a good idea for someone to write a hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy as well.
By1d TIL the Royal Navy executed an admiral for not trying hard enough, despite being brave and loyal. This inspired Voltaire’s quip “it is good to kill an admiral from time to time, in order to encourage the others”.