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epRGD TIL 5 to 6 percent of plastic in the United States was recycled in 2021, a drop from 9.5 percent in 2014
rR4Ae TIL that black panthers are actually not a real species, but a melanistic color variant of any Panthera species. Black panthers in Asia and Africa are leopards, while black panthers in the Americas are jaguars
65Ym TIL that over 60% of the top 1000 most popular videos on YouTube are blocked in Germany.
E1PMW TIL The only known case of "Chromosome 6 Deletion" where a person does not feel pain, hunger, or the need to sleep (and subsequently no sense of fear) is a 7-year-old girl named Olivia Farnsworth. In 2016 she was hit by a car and dragged 30 meters, yet felt nothing and emerged with minor injuries.
RZl6 TIL that the USA is ranked 4th for average (mean) wealth per adult at $348,000. But it is ranked 10th for median wealth, at $53,000. (page 10)