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TIL disposable diapers are the third largest individual constituent of municipal solid waste and need at least 500 years to decompose.

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M7M0B TIL that in 1930, the 22 million pound Indiana Bell building was shifted 52 feet (16 m) south, rotated 90 degrees, and then shifted again 100 feet (30 m) west. The services they provided for telephone, water, sewage, gas, and electricity were all unaffected. The 600 employees inside felt nothing.
JR91 TIL that Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs sacrificed money and stayed in college for four years instead of going directly to the NBA because in her last days, his dying mother made him promise to graduate college with a degree.
BrM7b TIL a young Andrew Jackson received a slash to the face from the sword of a British officer during his captivity for refusing to polish his shoes.
rR11w TIL of a bus shelter on the isle of Unst, in Shetland. The bus shelter was to be removed, but a seven-year-old boy wrote a letter asking for it to stay, as he stored his bike there when he went to school. The bus stop is now decorated with a new theme yearly by local residents - anonymously.
9Lp TIL: In India all movies (even American made movies) include a short intermission for bathroom breaks and snacks.