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TIL cigarette butts are the ocean's single largest source of trash

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xVmxb TIL that in the UK, you cannot do a driving lesson on a spare tyre, as they are different (i.e space saver ones) from regular types and after ~50miles their quality goes down considerably.
wL6a1 TIL a lot of countries now prefer to make economic deals with China instead of the U.S. due to the current U.S. administration in Washington being "hard to reach" and "hard to deal with"
JYvXj TIL Samsung - A leading technology company started out as trading company dealing in dried fish, locally grown groceries and noodles.
x4Ao TIL that there is a plan which would turn all energy generation in the US to 100% renewable with massive health and economic upsides by 2050
4kbdR TIL in the 1340s Oxford had an estimated murder rate of roughly 110 murders per 100,000 people, and in the 14th-century, London's murder rate varied between 36-52 per 100,000 people. By comparison, the 2020 murder rate for Britain was around 1 per 100,000 people.