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

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5Vj9 TIL there is nearly a 50:50 split (pun intended) between people that sit to wipe and those that stand to wipe their butts and that most people don’t even know the other way exists!
PY5MO TIL that one of the reasons we like chocolate is because the ratio of sugar and fat is very similar to breast milk
mRVp TIL some owls keep blind snakes in their nests as helpful associates, reducing the abundance of nest parasites
v1RyD TIL that Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger) auditioned for the role of Han Solo and after he got back from the audition, he pushed his friend Mark Hamill, who was sleeping on Englund's couch at the time, to audition for Luke Skywalker.
9wvLB TIL that Ma and Pa Kettle, from the book The Egg and I, were actually based on a real family, the Bishops.