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TIL only 10% of plastic is actually recycled

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R5VY8 TIL that the original tale of Aladdin was set in China; he was Chinese
R1Bj TIL that the U.S. school system serves 30.5 million lunches per day. 65% of the students are so poor that their lunch is free. Another 7% only pay $0.40. Only 28% of students are well off enough to pay the $3 per meal.
nAAr TIL Omar bin Laden (one of Osama bin Laden’s sons) was supposedly denied a British spousal immigration visa because he did not provide his fathers permanent address
E7Np TIL that one of King Tut’s dagger blades is made of a meteorite from outer space.
ONo7 TIL that the mathematician Pythagoras refused to ever eat or even touch beans. In fact, while being chased by attackers, he came across a bean field but refused to enter. His attackers promptly caught him and slit his throat.