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

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pJVO TIL There is no guaranteed freedom of speech in Australia
b9gK0 TIL there is no national minimum drinking age in the United States. Instead, a law called National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 punishes states that allow anyone under 21 to purchase alcohol by cutting their federal highway funds by 10%. The last state to comply was Louisiana in 1987.
W84X TIL that the phrase “close, but no cigar” originated from carnivals/fairs using cigars as prizes in the early 20th century. After playing a game but not winning they would say close, but no cigar. Sense these carnivals traveled all over the place, it became a well known saying.
AND0d TIL Phil Collins approached Pete Townshend to replace Keith Moon in The Who shortly after his death but they had already recruited Kenney Jones
x0ro TIL Mathematician Paul Erdos could calculate in his head, given a person’s age, how many seconds they had lived….when he was 4.