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TIL less than 10% of all plastic has ever actually been recycled

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78d87 TIL in 2019, 11% of 11–16 year olds in the UK said they had spent money on gambling activities in the previous 7 days, while 36% had done so in the preceding 12 months.
N7yDJ TIL ancient Chinese physicians kept a small ivory "medicine doll" in their desks to help them treat female patients, who were forbidden from showing too much skin to a male other than their husband. Women seeking medical attention would point to the areas on the doll where they had discomfort.
7k7Z TIL Guangzhou gets its cat meat from a fringe network of “catnappers” who snatch strays all over the country. Catnappers are paid 10 yuan per head for their catch, allowing them to earn about $30 a night.
yQvpl TIL that, in 2006, actor and comedian David Cross was the first investor in Kickstarter
R7DE8 TIL of "The Attack of the Dead Men" where after being hit with a wave of chlorine gas, 100 Russian soldiers coved in blood and half-blind, successfully launched a counter-attack against the advancing 7000 Germans, who fled at the sight of the "dead men walking".