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TIL That the amount of petroleum used to create one plastic bag is enough to drive a car for approximately 375 ft.

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eP75 TIL that the most profitable item on McDonald’s menu is its fountain drink. It costs between 13 and 18 cents to produce a drink. Therefore, when you buy a fountain drink for $1.00, they are gaining more than 80% profit per fountain drink.
X0w76 TIL that in 2018, an American half-pipe skier qualified for the Olympics despite minimal experience. Olympic requirements stated that an athlete needed to place in the top 30 at multiple events. She simply sought out events with fewer than 30 participants, showed up, and skied down without falling.
kxv5 TIL That on the summer solstice (today) the sun will line up perfectly with ancient structures all around the world!
EKGW TIL Jon Stewart was a skilled soccer player in college and represented the US at the Pan American Maccabi Games in Brazil in 1983.
Ol8R TIL that at the 2012 International Shooting Grand Prix gold medalist Maria Dmitrienko of Kazakhstan had to listen to the entire parody of O’ Kazakhstan from Borat. The incident resulted from the wrong song being downloaded from YouTube at the last minute. Senior officials of Kazakhstan were furious