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

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kJx5W TIL:Iin 2001, the eponymous 'Girl from Ipanema' (Heloísa Pinheiro) wanted to capitalize on the famous song by naming her boutique 'Garota de Ipanema', and was subsequently sued by the song's copyright holders.
xxJ1 TIL Lisa Lampanelli once counted 44 protestors from the Westboro Baptist Church at her show so she donated $44,000 to a gay rights charity in their name
mxL0o TIL about Brandt Kuykendal, a man who created his own ISP after discovering that he could not get reliable and fast internet in his town. He mainly built the ISP because his daughter needed fast internet to excel in school.
KO6lQ TIL NASA accidentally recorded over the original moon landing tapes and lost a critical piece of human history forever
RGKa TIL: The presidential limousines in the last decade have their own ecosystem completely sealed from the outside in case of weapon, chemical attacks. They use heavy duty truck frames and use a diesel engine to lug 20k lbs. of steel and hidden weaponry. Two pints of president’s blood is also on hand.