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TIL that cigarette butts represent the most prevalent item of litter globally, with an estimated 4.5 trillion discarded annually. Each butt can take between 5 and 400 years to fully decompose.

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DQOor TIL the United States had malaria until it was eradicated in 1951
e79E TIL that there are more Trees in the US today than there were 100 years ago
JYwOB TIL that the US Food & Drug Administration keeps extending the deadline for the biggest food chains to comply with nearly decade-old federal calorie disclosure laws
rRDjw TIL: Amon Göth, who Headed the Kraków Concentration Camp, was so Brutal in his Treatment with Jewish Prisoners, that he was Trialed and Charged by the SS, and Relieved of his Position
N7xkE TIL The USAF and later Atomic Energy Commission tried to develop a nuclear propulsion system for aircrafts between 1946 and 1961 at a total cost of about $1 billion. Two of assemblies, consisting of a reactor and two modified turbojets each, is on display at Idaho National Laboratory.