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TIL Paper-towels are NOT recyclable

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m1KGy TIL about the Young Eagles international flight program, which has given millions of young people their first flight experience and helped produce thousands of licensed pilots. Former chairmen include aviation legends Chuck Yeager, Harrison Ford, and Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger.
D1Jev TIL that shark fin soup does not get its flavor from shark fins. The fins are only there for texture.
oRdlA TIL people diagnosed with ADHD have an 8.4 year lower life expectancy
AD7Nw TIL of Project 100000, a recruitment effort during Vietnam that brought in mentally and physically unfit people for service to fill the ranks. Many brought in had a 5th grade level education and were considered mentally challenged.
16xwV TIL that on 11 May 1910, 260 children were left fatherless and 85 women widowed as a result of the Wellington Pit Explosion in Whitehaven, Cumbria.