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TIL that only 5% - 6% of plastic waste in the US is recycled

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Brx5k TIL during the 2008-9 financial crisis, the Jamaican Central Bank said that "Everyone should just chill out".
x6Kk0 TIL of an aprils fool prank in 1962 (Sweden) that said you would get color tv if you put stockings over your tv. Thousands and thousands of stockings were destroyed that day. Color tv wasn't to air until 1967 (in sweden).
nWryY TIL that the number of priests has been down 60% in the last 50 years leaving 3500 churches without one
eMAn TIL One of the last procedures before a space shuttle launch is to remove the inflatable owls from the aircraft.
7rxZM TIL Crucifixion is still legal in Sudan