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TIL: Helium, the kind we suck from balloons at parties, is a finite, non-renewable resource that’s only recoverable in a few locations around the world. It’s also needed for MRIs, microchips, and fiber optic cables.

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7brx TIL that after the French Revolution, the scientific community implemented along with the metric system, metric time, which failed miserably due to the fact that people did not want to deviate from a 7 day week to a 10 day week.
9yVX TIL approximately 70,000 people a year have feet amputated due to diabetes in the USA alone.
Jrol TIL that the wiggles used the fingers wagging move when being photographed with children because it was their policy that touching children, no matter how innocently, was inappropriate. It also protected them from possible litigation.
OW5Y TIL that the conspirators of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing were caught when one of them tried to reclaim his deposit on the rental van they used to carry the bomb into the parking garage.
NDKP TIL Prince Leopold IV of Lippe disinherited his 3 eldest sons after they joined the Nazi Party. He left the family fortune, farms, forests and castle to his youngest son, Armin.