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TIL that 38% of roadway litter is cigarette butts, the most littered item on US roadways

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ADQjg TIL that in 1995 on Brazilian TV there was an incident known as "the kicking of the saint" when a televangelist kicked a statue of the Virgin Mary on his show to prove its "inability to react, because it's made of clay." This sparked riots across Brazil and the televangelist fled the country.
nexdr TIL that one air crash, Delta Flight 1141, was caused by the pilots talking about another air crash, Continental Flight 1713. They were so distracted by their own conversation they forgot to lower the flaps. The other air crash they were talking about also involved too much non-relevant discussion
xV7n1 TIL about the Hillsborough disaster, a tragedy when over thousands of soccer attendees flooded the standing pens so much that 96 people were killed by the stampede.
wrBE TIL that Mountain Dew Baja Blast is only sold at Taco bell because it is chemically formulated to taste best with their food.
L8d9 TIL Whales have accents and regional dialects