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TIL that Up 95% of All Rebates Offered to Consumers for Purchasing Products Go Unclaimed

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XEVAk TIL thermal receipt paper should not be recycled as it contains BPA, an industrial chemical with potential health concerns. Experts say thermal receipts should be disposed of in the trash, and avoided whenever possible.
rww4 TIL there are 62 episodes of Breaking Bad. The 62nd element in the periodic table is Samarium, which is used to treat lung cancer
16XJ8 TIL there's a town named Monowi , Nebraska with a population of only one person.
VBAP4 TIL Dan Savage, the American author who founded the non-profit organization "It Gets Better Project" in 2010, is also known for coining, in 2001, the term 'pegging" to describe a woman anally penetrating a man with a strap-on dildo.
XE9Dr TIL that Carfentanyl (think "normal" Fentanyl but on crack) is so potent that it can be used as a chemical weapon. It was most likely used during the 2002 Moscow theater hostage crisis as an aerosol mist to subdue the Chechen hostage takers.