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TIL that the EU forces soda makers to introduce tethered caps to make sure they are being recycled.

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yE9a TIL that not only did Conan O'Brien graduate Harvard, his father is a Harvard Medical School professor.
al7J TIL Reagan and Gorbachev Agreed to Pause the Cold War in Case of an Alien Invasion
d81Q9 TIL: 22 year old George Washington was the catalyst of the the French and Indian War, which became the "7 Year War of 1756-1763" in Europe, and which Winston Churchill referred to as the real "First World War" as it encompassed much of the European world.
LQ14m TIL Rhinoplasty(nose reconstruction surgery) has been performed since 3000 BC in Egypt, and a 600 BC Indian technique using a flap of skin from the cheek to reconstruct the nose is still in use today.
W77KA TIL between the time he murdered his wife and son and the time he killed himself, pro wrestler Chris Benoit attempted to reschedule his flight from Atlanta to Texas so he could perform at that weekend's WWE pay-per-view, where he was scheduled to face CM Punk for the ECW Championship.