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TIL recycling aluminum uses 95% less energy than that needed to produce it from scratch—nearly 75% of the aluminum ever produced is still in use today.

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BrXwk TIL of the Silver Snoopy Award—a highly coveted pin awarded to employees of NASA that go above and beyond “to ensure flight safety and mission success.” The award is presented to the employee by an astronaut and no more than 1% of eligible recipients receive the award.
R7XNl TIL in the year 2000 the award-winning publication UPI (United Press International) was bought by billionaire cult leader Sun Myung Moon, who claimed to be the second coming of Christ. Mr. Moon has since died, but UPI is still owned by his holding company.
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