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TIL that most plastic isn’t actually recyclable

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wLnW7 TIL African Americans made up a significant portion of the Continental army fighting the British in the American Revolution. At the Siege of Yorktown, one German officer estimated the American army to be about one-quarter black.
OGLEX TIL that during Deng Xiaoping's visit to the United States, a Maoist American protested against him, calling him a "capitalist roader"
9YYm6 And if we combined the two, what extraordinary intelligence would they be capable of?
694XX TIL that Samuel Jackson asked for his character (Mace Windu) to have a purple light saber. Although he initially rejected it, George Lucas later caved in, making Mace the first character to break the basic colour rule of the light sabers.
p8MYG TILD Eating spicy foods releases endorphins in your brain similar to a "runner's high".