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TIL Only 8 percent of tariffs on aluminum for cans went to the government. The rest was pocketed by the aluminum manufacturers.

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8eXQL TIL that when the first rail bridge over the Mississippi River was being planned, riverboat operators pushed for rigid standards in hopes of making the bridge impossible. Instead, the bridge pioneered multiple engineering techniques and still carries road and rail traffic 150 years later.
AD6e7 TIL Not only is field hockey the national sport of Pakistan, but the national team has won four Hockey World Cup championships, eight gold medals at the Asian Games, and the only Asian team to win the Champions Trophy (three wins).
8eRmX TIL In a study of antioxidant content of 3,100 foods, Amla (Indian Gooseberry) ranked #1 by far. It has 18X the amount of antioxidants as blueberries which are often touted as a high antioxidant food. Other high score foods: bilberries, black currants, blackberries, goji berries, cranberries.
Wk6d4 TIL that the bullet that killed the longest confirmed sniper kill in history (3,540 m) flew for 10 second and and was flying for so long that the sniper had to take in the curvature of the Earth into account.
rRYMd TIL vocal jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald was born with perfect pitch so precise that the band musicians she worked with would tune their instruments to her voice.