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TIL The world is running out of usable sand

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eZmD TIL Dr John Watson’s wife (Mary Morstan) is actually his real life partner
1axpP TIL about "coffin birth", which is the birth of a fetus after the death of the mother. A well known example of this is the murder of Lacy Peterson, who was pregnant at the time of her murder. However, when found, mother and child were separate, the fetus having been "born" after Lacy's death.
7rgLp TIL In 1963, San Francisco Giants pitcher Gaylord Perry once remarked that "they'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." An hour after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon's surface in 1969, Perry hit his first, and only, homer.
9XVm TIL The US Department of Defense paid $53 million to pro sports for military tributes between 2012 and 2015.
WvjA TIL: Sea Otters have a “favorite rock” they store in a special pouch. This rock is used for various things, such as cracking open shellfish and clams.