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TIL most plastics are more expensive than gasoline by weight . The average consumer only thinks gas is expensive compared to plastic because they buy more gas than plastic.

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PlGe TIL the exact cause of death and burial site of Ganghis Khan is unknown because ALL of the 2000 funeral guests were killed in order to preserve this secret.
N01M TIL an Institute in Colorado created a clock so accurate it won’t lose/gain a second in 20 million years. This is the clock used for internet time!
rRKNx TIL Rick Moranis retired from acting after his wife died of liver cancer so he could raise his children
4XkZw TIL that the World Bank stopped tracking inflation in Zimbabwe in November 2008, when it reached 79.6 billion percent. One year later, the country abandoned its currency. The exchange rate at the time was $35 quadrillion Zimbabwean dollars to $1 USD.
DQOav TIL about Julie d'Aubigny, a 17th century sword-fighting, bisexual opera singer who lived a colorful & storied life. She once wounded a man in a duel & after nursing him back to health took him as a lover. Another time she set a fire in a convent to fake the death of a nun who she had an affair with