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TIL that a U.S. family tried to spend a year living without Chinese made goods and found it almost impossible. They wrote a book about it

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KOLER TIL Ryan Reynolds caught his best friend of 25 years trying to sell delivery room photos of his new born daughter to the tabloids. Ryan said it was like a death because he knew that was the last time he would ever see or speak to his best friend ever again.
1jxO TIL Soda is so corrosive, that without BPA or equivalent liner, an aluminum can would break after three days
5V9Qr TIL that Rüppell's griffon vulture has the highest documented altitude of any bird at 36k feet. Unfortunately this information was discovered after a Boeing 747 took the bird into the engine over western Africa.
JYYZl Short answer: They’re trying!
XEwlX TIL that Ozzy Osbourne spent six weeks in Winson Green Prison when he was unable to pay a fine after being found guilty of burgling a clothes shop; to teach his son a lesson, his father refused to pay the fine