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TIL Most batteries can be thrown away normally and don’t need special recycling ever since US congress banned the sale of batteries containing mercury

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xV6no TIL the Statue of Liberty's torch has been closed to the public since July 30, 1916 when it sustained structural damage from the Black Tom explosion - an act of German sabotage targeting a US munitions depot during WWI
xAJ7 TIL that about 90% of ALL American silent films have been permanently lost as well as about half of all American sound films made before 1950.
8ebNP TIL that in 2005, Lionel Messi almost played for the Spanish national team, but he declined the offer and waited for Argentina to call him up!
oBxMo TIL that the opening scene of Zoolander (the awards ceremony) was actually filmed during the commercial breaks at the real-life 2000 VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards.
5YJgn TIL a mere 12,000 years ago, a species closely related to the modern humans had been living on an Indonesian island. They used fire and stone tools of the sophisticated upper paleolithic tradition, yet were only about 3.5 feet tall and weighed around 25kg (55lb).