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TIL Recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to watch TV for 3 hours

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wLD0P TIL on the 19th of March 2016, the oldest known living land-animal the Giant Tortoise Jonathan (184) received its first bath in recorded history.
ylK8 TIL Binturongs or Bearcats smell likes buttered popcorn.
LkLmP TIL there is a village in the UAE, Nahva, wich is an enclave within an enclave. Oman is surrounding a small piece of the UAE, forming a counter-enclave.
nen7B TIL Railway employees in Japan use a system called “Pointing and Calling” to reduce mistakes. This involves pointing at a sign or signal and calling out the status. Though it may look silly, making these gestures and saying the status maintains focus and attention, greatly reducing workplace errors.
E1B9X TIL Bing Crosby has the most number 1 hits all time (43) 2: Beatles (24) 3: Elvis(18). Most charted songs (396) 2: Sinatra (209) 3: Elvis (149). His movies have over 1 billion tickets sold (3rd all time). He has 1 Oscar for Best Actor and sang on 13 Oscar nominated songs (4 Winning).