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TIL The world is running out of usable sand

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rbLw TIL that in 1948, a man robbed a bank by pretending to be a public health official and giving cyanide to every bank employee as a “dysentery inoculation.”
vyD8 TIL that some Buddhists see the movie “Groundhog Day” as a modern representation of their religion.
kO1OE TIL it’s estimated that about 85 percent of hospitals still rely on pagers for communication.
BrEZd TIL the frigate bird can fly continuously for 185 days, going more than 35,000 miles (56,327 km.) They are seabirds that can't land in or take flight from water, do not have waterproof feathers and can travel up to 40 minutes without having to flap their wings.
69d0w TIL of the six men that played The Three Stooges... Moe, Curly, and Shemp (Howard) were real life brothers.