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TIL that most plastic isn’t actually recyclable

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RPQ9 TIL that it’s impossible to obtain an original theatrical version of Star Wars. Every obtainable release has been altered in some way. Even some of the later theatrical releases in 1977 had changes made to them.
NX0Bb TIL Stereotypes are usually (not always… usually) true, and stereotyping is a necessary part of human survival in assessing both safe and unsafe situations and surroundings. It’s a natural process of the human brain. See link for more info.
6n18 TIL Total US credit card debt is going to surpass $1 Trillion by Christmas.
b9MZN TIL about Susan Sweney; a British pro-Nazi broadcaster in WWII, born in India. She was a Fascist, rumored Lesbian, and severe alcoholic. She survived two shipwrecks during WWII and was imprisoned by both Germany and Britain. Years later, she worked on a farm, and a pet shop in England.
DoxV TIL that during WW2, American scientists debated bombing Japanese volcanoes in order to cause massive lava eruptions