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TIL in 2013 a doctor in Vancouver tested a disposal program for cigarette butts, offering offering one penny for each butt returned to its booth. It was a huge success and within a few hours over 60,000 butts had been collected.

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VBd7Z TIL The President of France appoints the Archbishop of Stroudsburg and the Bishop of Metz. This is due to the fact that despite France being a secular nation, Roman Catholicism is still supported by French law and publicly subsidized in the region of Alsace-Moselle.
LVRQ TIL Since 1985 the number of people on welfare has fallen from 4 million to 2 million but the number of people receiving federal disability has risen from 2 million to 7 million
mxe6v TIL about Izecksohn's Brazilian Tree Frog, the only known frugivorous (fruit-eating) frog
6EYxW TIL NASA has won two Emmy Awards for Interactive Programming. NASA was awarded for its coverage of Mars InSight in 2018, and for its coverage of the SpaceX Demonstration Mission-1 in 2019.
9w56B TIL that the cast of the office in earlier seasons are seen playing solitaire bc they were bored during downtimes and with no wifi installed, could only play solitaire. In later seasons when the wifi is installed, they're encouraged to do other things on their computer (browsing)