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TIL that only 9% of all plastic waste ever produced has been recycled

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XEYX6 TIL the Civil War started in Wilmer McLean's backyard and ended at his kitchen table.
M7DRm TIL that Animal Attacks and other related deaths in Yellowstone National Park have been increasing since the 1970s, and are hitting peak levels due to recent mass-increases in Tourism.
yQDap TIL: About two stories of amazing women who were nurses at Pearl Harbor (one on a medical ship, one at a land hospital, both equally courageous.) Grace Lally, Myrtle Watson, and all of the other healers who often go unrecognized - I salute you.
4kMrX TIL: Combination weapons such as a Gun-Axe, Mace-Pistol, or Pistol-Falchion were real and date back hundreds of years. In the 1500s -1800s since guns only fired one shot, they attached them to various weapons such as the German Axe-Pistol. In some cases they attached a gun to a shield.
Wkj0d TIL about SS Baychimo, a Swedish built 1,322 ton cargo steam-ship that was left abandoned by its crew in 1931 due to fear of sinking. Surprisingly, Baychimo did not sink, but instead drifted around as a ghost ship for nearly 40 years without a crew, she was last seen in 1969.