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TIL 91% of plastic isn’t recycled and not because people don’t sort it

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P1ERw TIL The average cost per barrel of oil in the 727 million barrel Strategic Reserve is $29.70
kO5J7 TIL that Rick Baker's practical effects for Wes Craven's werewolf film Cursed (2005) were scrapped and replaced with CGI.
4kyDa TIL about Major Josef Gangl, a Wehrmacht officer and the only known fatality from the Battle of Castle Itter, where Wehrmacht soldiers teamed with American soldiers to defend the castle from the Waffen SS. He died while escorting former French Prime Minister, Paul Raynaud, to safety.
Wkog8 TIL After a child was tragically killed by an alligator in 2016 at Disney World, all gator references in the park were removed, including the 50 year old joke from the Jungle Cruise: “Remember, folks, if you don’t watch your children, the crocodiles will!"
YppvW TIL Game Dev Tycoon developers leaked a cracked version of the game shortly before official release, so that people who pirated the game would eventually go bankrupt in-game because the games they were developing were being pirated.