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TIL "Nearly 75 percent of all aluminum ever produced is still in use today" due to recycling

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m1JEO TIL, screensavers were created to avoid images getting permanently burned into the phosphorescent screens of CRT monitors
xYD5 TIL During the entire Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Legolas only speaks directly to Frodo once, saying: “And you have my bow.”
VMjD0 TIL: GB Glace (Unilever's heart ice cream company) has a different name in many different countries.
KYMW4 TIL that when Mount Everest was first measured it was found to be exactly 29,000 feet tall. It was reported as 29,002 because surveyors worried the public would assume 29,000 was merely an estimate.
ZKbB TIL that there was a real, radium based, alcoholic drink known as the “Atomic Cocktail” that was served in missile shaped bottles. They had adverse effects after prolonged exposure, but could cure minor fevers, headaches, and depression.