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TIL alcohol is the fastest and most effective antidote if a person has consumed ethylene glycol(main ingredient in anti-freeze)

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YeWv TIL the Delta Airlines contract has a specific line allowing each passenger from Hawaii to carry one box or bag of pineapples.
JmlB TIL In the Philippines there’s banana ketchup. During WW2 there was a shortage of tomatoes and had to use bananas as a replacement to replicate ketchup. It’s made from mashed banana, sugar, vinegar, and spices
b9Z0E TIL in 2001 India started building roads that hold together using polymer glues made from shredded plastic wastes. These plastic roads have developed no potholes and cracks after years of use, and they are cheaper to build. As of 2016, there are more than 21,000 miles of plastic roads.
6EXE7 TIL Bill Gates accidentally got into philanthropy after he and his wife accidentally came across extremely impoverished people while they were sight seeing. He now says philanthropy is the "best job in the world."
OWng TIL: Wolves being reintroduced into Yellowstone in 1995 caused regrowth of many populations and even saved the rivers from erosion .