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TIL that crack pipes are sold as fake flowers in a glass tube at convenience stores.

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QNLka TIL due to efficient recycling processes, 75% of all aluminium produced world wide is still in use today
l7YVK TIL: Henry Ford tried creating an electric railroad. It only lasted a few years but some of the well constructed concrete arches are still in place today.
X099j TIL that Uday, son of Saddam Hussein, once tortured members of the Iraqi national football team for losing 2-1 against Kazakhstan, caning their feet and beating them up.
b9O5a TIL that domestic gas is scented with a 'rotten egg smell' so it's easier to detect. Gas itself is odourless.
4kBa TIL that rather than put any items on sale, Louis Vuitton burns all of its unsold bags each year. This is how they keep their product extremely unattainable and upscale; also, 99% of all LV bags you see are fake.