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TIL that in 2004 the company Alcoa had to officially declare the proposed site for its new aluminum smelting plant in Iceland “elf-free” before it could begin construction.

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R75Ba TIL Robin Williams was one of just 20 students accepted into Julliard in 1973. While his comedic genius was immediately obvious, he wasn't taken seriously until his portrayal of a wheelchair-bound old man in the Tennessee Williams play "The Night of the Iguana" during a third-year acting class.
VBpBD TIL Around 2200 BC, a drought lasting about 100 years started that has been hypothesized to have caused the collapse of the first generation of human civilizations, including those in the Indus Valley, Old Kingdom Egypt, Liangzhu Civilization in China, and the Akkadian Empire in Sumeria.
KOa1w TIL that there are kinky spiders who tie up their lovers with silken cords before and during sex to avoid getting eaten and to extend their mating time.
OMM1 TIL that quicksand, at the peak of its popularity in 1960s, was used in as much as 3% of all movies
E1p1o TIL that a man with a low IQ of 48 was banned from having sex, the High Court Justice Nicholas Mostyn said that Alan did not have the mental capacity to understand the health risks and should not have sex with anyone.