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TIL Mall of America is owned by Canadians

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m1D6M TIL - An alloy of Gold, Silver, and Copper can look white, yellow, red, or even greenish yellow
E1gZp TIL that Keurig believes that Canadian K-Cups will be recyclable by 2018 and all K-Cups will be 100% recyclable by the year 2020
WkZ9o TIL City water supplies in Minneapolis, USA and Warsaw, Poland use a "bio-monitoring system." Consisting of clams and mussels that alert them to pollutants via text message or switches. When the clams close, a spring glued to their head completes a switch and alerts the operators in Warsaw.
PZ8L TIL that those two tiny holes drilled in every BIC pen is to ensure that the air pressure is the same both inside and outside the pen- this helps the ink flow to the tip.
E1WmX TIL - The world's most dangerous race takes place on the 'ISLE OF MAN' (260 deaths)