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TIL the EU is working on a "Digital Product Passport" so consumers can track where a product comes from, what it's made from, how to repair it and how to dispose of it. This includes clothing, chemicals and electronics.

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Jppm TIL that Dysthanasia is the opposite of Euthanasia and means “bad death”. It often occurs in modern medicine when a terminally ill person is kept alive beyond their natural period, thus prolonging their suffering.
QMB6 TIL Pripyat amusement park never officially opened and was to open just five days after the disaster
j6yLj TIL the phasing out of CANDU fission reactors may deprive Fusion reactors of needed fuel before they can come online.
9YXV6 TIL Bhutan is the worlds only carbon negative country, every year it removes more carbon from the atmosphere than it produces. It achieved this by powering itself from hydroelectricity, banning log exporting, and amending it’s constitution to legally protect its forested area from dropping below 60%
yQVr8 TIL of the Gävle goat- a giant straw goat display that has been built in the Swedish town of Gävle every year since 1966 in anticipation of Christmas. It's been destroyed a total 36 of those years. It will be back this year on December 2nd.