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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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0wkBL TIL about Picher, Oklahoma. A town that had to be abandoned after it was discovered that an old lead mine was poisoning the residents. The real nail in the coffin came when an F-4 tornado hit in 2008. Today, the town sits completely empty.
eB4b TIL that a vehicle’s “dashboard” originally was a barrier of wood or a leather apron affixed at the front of a horse-drawn carriage or sleigh to protect the driver from mud or other debris “dashed”(tossed) up by the wheels and horses’ hooves.
1awW4 TIL that in 1982, a man died while vandalizing a saguaro cactus for fun. He shot the cactus repetitively and then went up to poke it to try to get it to fall over. Instead, the 500-pound saguaro arm fell and killed him.
6EnaY TIL that in 2004, Iran allowed Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody to be released in the country because it contained several uses of the word "Bismillah", which means "In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful" in Arabic.
xVRb TIL the world’s strongest beer is 60%ABV. It was made by a Dutch brewer who claimed that he was forced into making it as he was trying to keep up with the Scots