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TIL: The most recycled material in the US is asphalt. “99% of all asphalt is recycled & used to fix/build roads…US taxpayers saved $2.2B in 2011 by using recycled materials to pave roads. 66.7M tons of reclaimed asphalt pavement & 1.2M tons of reclaimed asphalt shingles went into paving projects.”

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0wMdN TIL that when they started Apple, the amount of memory to hold a song cost about a million dollars.
lomJK TIL: Tattoo removal is so difficult because macrophages keep eating and storing the ink!
8ekNL TIL in a double-blind test, professional violinists preferred the sound of a modern violin over multi-million-dollar Stradivarius violins
loxWN TIL that Samuel Maverick was a Texas rancher who refused to brand his cattle, which led to the word 'maverick' meaning someone who is independently minded.
kLmg TIL Deon Francois owes $400/week in child support after his ex-wife stole a notary seal, forged his signature and gained access to sperm that NYU’s sperm bank was supposed to have disposed of. He later sued NYU and the notary for $9 million.