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

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QJ06e TIL: A member of Al Capone's gang promised federal agent Eliot Ness that $2000 (around $33,250 in today's money) would be on his desk every Monday if he turned a blind eye to their bootlegging. Ness refused the bribe and in later years struggled with money; he died almost broke at the age of 54.
P1ble TIL about Thomas Aikenhead, the person in the United Kingdom to be executed for blasphemy. Only 20 at the time for his death, his execution in 1697 was intended to be used by the Lord Advocate, Sir James Stewart as a warning to those who would hold opinions contrary to traditional Christian beliefs.
OGVdR TIL from 1900-1920, tug of war used to be included in the track and field athletics program of Olympic sport.
VB1JB TIL of Ronald Read, a gas station attendant and janitor in Vermont, who at the time of his death in 2015 had amassed a net worth of nearly $8 million.
Lkjev TIL David J. Peterson Invented 'Dothraki' & 'Valyrian' Languages in Game of Thrones including Grammar & Phonology, 300pg. Dictionary with Over 1.2M Learners to Date