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

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Lkvg0 TIL that the first submarine was propelled by oars.
XE4QP TIL about Frisland, a "phantom" island off the coast of Greenland which, despite being nonexistent, was charted on nearly every map of the North Atlantic from the 1560s to the 1660s
jNgeE TIL the electricity used by the clock radio on the microwave ovens and such are call Vampire Electricity and the clock radio itself is referred to as Phantom loads.
Dlnp TIL that the Every Vote Counts Amendment is a proposed Amendment that abolishes the electoral college for presidential elections
M7BLa TIL a Boeing 747 uses ~4 litres (~1 gallon) of fuel every second