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

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nml7 TIL Barbie can’t hold down a job. Her 126th job was Computer Engineer in 2010. I went to the Mattel site and she is currently a dolphin trainer.
oBdoK TIL that the Memory of Mankind has buried modern 'clay tablets' preserving the most important modern knowledge beneath a salt mine in Austria for future generations with clues to decipher them
7r5pp TIL about a golf course that straddles the Swedish/Finnish border. Hitting the ball from the tee on the sixth hole means your ball will technically fly for just over an hour, as it crosses the time zone between countries.
gMZ5D TIL that in an effort to make smoking "safer" one company decided to add a new, high-tech filter to their cigarettes. The filter was made out of asbestos. This decision did not end well.
v1nwL TIL The US is one of 3 countries on Earth not using the metric system, but the US N.I.S.T. says that's a myth because the US has been metric for years.