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TIL: Nearly 75% of all aluminum every produced is still in circulation due to recycling

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woY TIL Israel kamakawiwo'ole (deceased singer of “Over The Rainbow”) was the 3rd person in Hawaiian history to have the flag at half-staff and his coffin placed inside the state Capitol building in Honolulu after his death; the other two people were politicians.
OoAmY TIL: Italian herbalist Pietro Andrae Matthioli declared the red tomato as a mandrake, a halogenic poisonous planet root long associated with sexual desires, hallucinations and temptation because the tomato was similar looking to nightshade, an actual poisonous fruit.
QJ5MX TIL of the most exclusive pub in the world, The Keys, found in the Tower of London. Only Beefeaters (Tower of London guards) are allowed to enter, of which there are only 37. The pub serves unique drinks and is decorated with uniforms, an executioner axe & silver goblets, used to swear in recruits.
4kypR TIL that following 9/11, ClearChannel internally released a list of songs that were deemed inappropriate to play live, including ( among others ) Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly, or Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
yoPM TIL That the US Department of Defense employs 1% of all Americans and is the world’s largest single employer