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TIL almost 50% of all Americans live in the Eastern Time Zone

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kO6LB TIL that in the span of only 10 weeks Thornton's Budgens, a supermarket in the UK, was able to create "Plastic-Free Zones" offering over 1,700 products free of plastic packaging.
7Gor TIL Cruise ships are legally allowed to discharge (and they do) - raw, untreated sewage once they are three miles from shore. A typical cruise ship can produce up to 30,000 gallons of sewage a day.
XkoQ TIL that in Canada, mothers who kill their newborns almost never receive jail time, and the most they can receive is 5 years
RZZl TIL the word Scientist was coined as a portmanteau of Science and Artist in the 1830s.
pYmwA TIL that we can reduce land use associated with cattle production by 92% (1.2 ha/tonne down from 14.2 ha/tonne) by raising them in silvopasture, an ancient practice in which cattle are raised on the same land as perennial tree crops.