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TIL that in Zurich, the garbage disposal is financed by selling official plastic bags for non-recyclable waste. Garbage trucks will not even pick up unofficial bags from houses and they instead have to be placed in designated neighbourhood containers.

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5VdDP TIL the piña colada's creation/origin is hotly contested and claimed by the restaurant Barrachina (in 1963) and the Caribe Hilton Hotel (in 1954), both located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. However, a cocktail book by a London Hotel included the drink. This book was published in 1930.
pxPQ TIL the largest single bloc of opposition to the elimination of the penny from American currency circulation is the zinc industry, who earns millions per year from their production.
e8G6 TIL Costco hasn’t changed the price of its $1.50 hot dog/soda combo since the mid-1980s.
Z6PD TIL that when a bill was presented to legalise same-sex marriage in Iceland, no members of parliament voted against it.
gr1W7 TIL - Ants can lay a trail of Pheromones that connect into a circle, eventually trapping the entire colony in a “death spiral” where they essentially all run themselves to death.