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TIL that old batteries are recycled into fertilizer to help grow corn.

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EgWP0 TIL that the remains of over a dozen people were found buried in Benjamin Franklin’s basement.
p8VPA TIL that during Prohibition, the US Congress had their own alcohol bootlegger named George Cassiday who operated for 5 years before being arrested. He delivered 25 orders per day to a private storeroom in the basement of the House Office so he could avoid the Capitol Police.
e0GX5 TIL if you take a picture of your food in Germany, the chef legally owns the rights to the photo, It's considered their artwork.
x0NB TIL that U.S. Marine Smedley Butler, one of the most decorated servicemen in American history, was a staunch critic of U.S. military endeavors, including his his own participation, saying “In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism.”
Gy1N TIL that the first non-Caucasian pro basketball player, Wataru Misaka, later declined an offer because the “salary for a rookie and the salary for a starting engineer weren’t much different.”