› added 6 months ago

20

TIL that, as of 2020, China produces almost a third of the world's plastics at 31%, NAFTA comes in second at 19%, the rest of Asia comes in third at 17% and Europe comes in fourth at 16%.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

kVbW TIL the actor who played “Scotty” on Star Trek, James Doohan, was shot six times storming Juno beach on D-Day - 4 times in the leg, one in the chest and one through his finger.
JYbml TIL that hangovers cost the UK economy £1.4 Billion ($1.8Billion) a year.
YpmkG TIL In the mid 70's a kid named Saul Hudson would ditch school and hang out at his best friend's house. His best friend's dad, actor Seymour Cassel, would call Saul "slash" because he was always in a hurry, moving around. And to this day, he's known simply as guitar legend Slash.
p6Z TIL that there is an island in Japan that is overrun with tame rabbits
5Y8Zp TIL Brazil has the largest population of Japanese people globally, besides Japan itself.