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TIL Cotton bags must be reused thousands of times before they meet the environmental performance of plastic bags

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9YwDp TIL all the koopalings are named after celebrities, mostly musicians. Except Larry, who just looked like a Larry.
gMaVy TIL that the scientist who created one of the earliest racial classification systems believed that none of the races were inherently inferior to the others, nor that colored peoples were uncivilized. His classification system became very influential but his opposition to racism was mostly ignored.
E4Eo TIL in 1997, Sir Patrick Stewart put on and starred in a “photo-negative” production of Othello. He starred as a white Othello opposite a black cast. It was the first time this concept was used.
gMpWL TIL the iconic "assembly line" music used in Looney Tunes and many other cartoons was originally released by the Raymond Scott Quintette in 1937. The drummer of the Quintette was Johnny Williams, father of composer John Williams.
QdNa TIL that Humans appeared 200,000 years ago, while the written records begin 6,000 years ago. This means that 97% of history is lost.