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TIL: Snails have Teeth - Snails’ Teeth Beats Spider Silk As Nature’s Strongest Material

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OoKWX TIL that as of 2015, only 9% of all plastic ever made had been recycled, 12% was incinerated and 79% was in landfills or the environment,
e0YGb TIL that the chief baker on the Titanic, Charles Joughin, drank an entire bottle of whiskey as the ship sank and spent 3 hours in the -2°c waters before he was rescued alive
J1MPk TIL that Alaska Airlines is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
kpJg TIL a prize of $1 million has been offered to anyone who can demonstrate that $7,250 audio cables are any better than ordinary audio cables.
mx0aP TIL that if the Royal Standard flag is raised above the Buckingham Palace, it means the Queen is home. However, if the Union Jack is raised instead, it means the Queen is somewhere else.