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TIL The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that recycling one ton of plastic conserves approximately 3.8 barrels of crude oil.

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OGl71 TIL We Will Rock You by Queen (1977) there is a faster version with heavy metal traits, but after The Works Tour in 1984, it is unknown why they stopped playing
JYNAl TIL that in Australia, that a rabbit is a pest, so they do not celebrate with an Easter Bunny. They celebrate with the Easter Bilby.
xVN01 TIL of silverfish in the desert that drink water as they can absorb moisture from the air through their anus.
GYDLg TIL Terry Davis, a schizophrenic programmer, spent 10 years of his life programming an operating system to talk to God
W7xAY TIL that there is a school in MA for people with developmental disabilities that uses shock treatment and even with 6 deaths over its history, is still ongoing