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TIL: Plastic will become a geological layer of Earth. They are contributing to a new era of history, called the Anthropocene

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yVWbJ TIL about a banned French dish that involves consuming a small bird, called an Ortolan Bunting, whole, bones and all. It's been outlawed due to the species almost becoming extinct, and the controversy of preparing the bird. The bird is force-fed millet to fatten it up and then drowned in Armagnac
KOoNQ TIL after Nicole van den Hurk's death, her stepbrother falsely confessed to the killing in order to get her body exhumed for DNA tests, leading to the arrest and prosecution of her real attacker
6rjJ TIL That the Japanese school year is 240 days long, giving their students three more years of total instruction received compared to an American High School grad.
KYjLQ TIL That the worlds oldest, still in use, fire station is located in Stockholm, Sweden
0lYA TIL that the ingredient’s list on food items is actually ordered by weight