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TIL The most environmentally friendly KFC/Taco Bell is located in Northampton, MA. It uses solar for heat, harvests rainwater for irrigation, recycles waste (including cooking oil), and composts.

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OoQee TIL a man named David Gonzalez was renovating a home he purchased for $10,100. Inside a wall he found a copy of action comics #1 featuring the debut of superman. The comic sold at auction for $175,000. Afterwards he found a copy of superman #4 from the spring of 1940 worth between $500 and $5,000
4pnb TIL Before he quit Community, Chevy Chase tried to physically fight Joel McHale.
Br77e TIL One of the oldest children’s lullabies was found on an ancient Babylonian tablet, believed to be from around 2,000BC. Rather than being soothing, it instead has a menacing tone. In it, a baby being is threatened with punishment for disturbing the family god with its crying.
6EP18 TIL that the white area in the center of ice cubes is a buildup of impurities, mostly sediment and trapped air bubbles. Because freezing starts from the outside in, these materials are pushed to the center of the cube while the pure areas remain clear.
0XaM TIL that carnivorous animals will not eat other animals that have been struck by lightning