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TIL that after San Francisco’s ban on plastic bags, death from foodborne illnesses increased by 46% in the city.

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b9yGE TIL less than five per cent of the victims of transatlantic slavery were landed on the coast of the present-day United States. Most enslaved Africans were carried to the Caribbean (45 per cent) or to Brazil (45 per cent).
MeONV TIL that Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister) and Jerome Flynn (Bronn) used to be in a relationship, which ended so terribly that they refuse to be in the same room. Consequentially, Cersei and Bronn have actually never been in a single scene together in Game of Thrones.
xVjvB TIL Avedis Zildjian Company is an American-based cymbal manufacturer founded in Turkey in 1623. It is one of the oldest companies in the world, the second oldest continuously operating company in the United States, and the largest cymbal manufacturer in the world
AXR7 TIL In the movie Maleficent, Angelina Jolie’s daughter was cast because other kids were afraid of her look and she was the only one who wasn’t afraid of her mom.
xDb TIL that Huntington, West Virginia, a city of 50,000, has more pizza places than there are gyms in the entire state.