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TIL that revolving doors exist to prevent drafts when the door opens, saving energy on heating and cooling.

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e6R5 TIL The notorious first modern day American serial killer, Ted Bundy, was once employed on a Suicide Hotline- where he saved a number of lives
RLd8 TIL recycling aluminum uses 95% less energy than that needed to produce it from scratch—nearly 75% of the aluminum ever produced is still in use today.
7bNZ TIL that an American tourist believed that he was taking part in a completely legal goat-burning tradition when he burned down a giant version of a traditional Swedish Yule Goat figure made of straw. He spent 18 days in jail and was fined 100,000 SEK (11, 785 USD)
4656 TIL an 18 year old marine singlehandedly persuaded 1,500 soldiers at the battle of Saipan to surrender. He was only able to do this because his japanese foster parents had taken him in off the streets when he was 12 and taught him their language.
nW0KW TIL the last conviction for private and conseual homosexual acts in the USA was in 1998.