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TIL that less than 1% of Sweden’s trash ends up in landfills

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N0mJ TIL scientists are researching a chemical/drug that dramatically reduces alcohol/BAC levels in the blood, which has the potential to be used to sober people up in a very short time.
697mW TIL I learned you can have Down syndrome and Tourette and autism at the same time and it happened. You can also have alzheimer and parkinson because both affect different part of the brain. You could then have down syndrome tourette autism alzheimer and parkinson at the same time, that would be wild
7rgN7 TIL Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf & a 15% stake in The Lord of the Rings trilogy because he 'never understood the script'. Had he accepted he'd have made $450 million for the role.
XEYGj TIL about the Gimli Glider, an Air Canada Boeing 767 plane that ran out of fuel and was safely landed on an abandoned airstrip.
QJg7p TIL the Romans were aware that lead mining and lead pipes were toxic, but they did not connect that toxicity with lead cooking vessels