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

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v1pPR TIL that the main character in Tomb Raider was originally intended to be a man until the developers began to worry that the character would be seen as derivative of Indiana Jones, so the character's gender was changed and Lara Croft was born.
Y7X8x TIL Espionage Act violations carry up to 10 years prison penalty per violation (per document)
Y7gYr TIL - in 1973, Mick Jagger (Rolling Stones) wrote the song “Starfucker”, after Carly Simon released her hit song “You’re So Vain”. Jagger had an affair with Simon, who was married to James Taylor at the time, and the affair ended a few months before her song was released.
Wk0ao TIL Jim Carrey's chipped tooth in Dumb and Dumber is genuine, the result of a childhood fight. He had the crown temporarily removed to play the role of Lloyd.
EmK0 TIL Werner Heisenberg, the creator of quantum mechanics, said, “The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you.”