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d8YmZ TIL that only specific types of sand are useful in important building materials like concrete. This has creates a shortage of sand in some areas leading to black markets for illegally mined sand run by sand mafias and sand pirates.
ADwWa TIL Salmon sushi is NOT a Japanese invention, but... Norwegian.
Ook0e TIL that, in 1379, a baby from Yorkshire was named Diot Coke.