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TIL that 90% of "dead" cell phone batteries returned to the manufacturer are repaired and resold.

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mW5R TIL that it took an average of 52,000 bullets to make a single kill by regular infantry units during the Vietnam War.
b9pV9 TIL of Joseph Trombino, Brinks truck driver, who narrowly survived an armed robbery in 1983 and the World Trade Center bombing in 1993, only to be killed in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001
epX6 TIL that Stalin taught his children to be tolerant to religious people: “Their prayers don’t disrupt your studies, so why are you disrupting their prayers?”
PY9wV TIL Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer accidentally consumed a drink laced with sleeping pills, intended for a guest. When we woke, he found that his victim-to-be had burgled several of his personal items
Me49W TIL There is no universal sign language. Different sign languages are used in different countries or regions.