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TIL that the Italian mafia's scammed people with counterfeit olive oil. It's lucrative but less risky than smuggling drugs.

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xV7L5 TIL that there is a practice in China for reusing fatbergs from the sewers as cooking oil.
9p97 TIL according the the Flag Code, the American Flag should never be used for advertisement purposes in any manner whatsoever.
LGMp TIL that Marie Curie’s notes are still radioactive and researchers must wear protective clothing and sign a disclaimer before viewing them
85YL TIL that the genetic testing of a boy who died 12,500 years ago proved that descendants of all Native Americans, including South & Central American tribes, can be traced back at least 24,000 years to a group of early Asians and Europeans who mated near Lake Baikal in what is now Siberia.
4XmOX TIL Canada recycles just 9 per cent of its plastics with the rest dumped in landfill and incinerators or tossed away as litter, a new report shows.