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TIL that every Texas ranger’s badge is made from Mexican silver

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P1YjV TIL France charges tire manufacturers a tax of about $1 per tire to pay for tire recycling. The penalty for non payment is $8,000 per tire. This is how you recycle.
woj1 TIL There was an episode of Dragonball where they showed Bulma’s breasts. (VIDEO)
QJYYe TIL Zakouma National Park, Chad, is the closest “Big Five” destination to Europe. Six black rhinos were flown 3,000 miles from South Africa to settle in the park in 2018 since their species was wiped out by poachers. All the rhinos were dehorned to deter poachers, and electronically tagged
D1xwe TIL about the American town 'Merrymount', founded 1624. Named from slang at the time for 'illicit' forms of sex - the town rejected Puritan values welcoming non-Heterosexuals, freeing indentured servants and intermarrying Native Americans. Five years later it was invaded and razed to the ground.
J16wm TIL the largest surrender of the American Civil War wasn't Appomattox, but Bennett Place, NC - where Union General Sherman misunderstood his orders and Confederate General Johnston simply disobeyed his.