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TIL that only 20% of the Earth’s deserts are covered in sand

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dD94r TIL: Gravity on the ISS is ~90% of the Earth's. It looks like they're on zero-G because both the astronauts and the ISS are in a continual state of freefall (orbiting the Earth).
wooWY TIL The hood ornament on a Rolls Royce, officially called The Spirit of Ecstasy, was based on Eleanor Thornton, a British model and actress, and mistress of Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (and bore him a child), who died on the SS Persia which was sunk in the Mediterranean by a U-Boat during WW I.
VN18 TIL as a struggling actor, Jim Carrey wrote himself a $10 000 000 check for ‘acting services rendered’ and dated it for thanksgiving 1995. By 1994, Carrey had made millions from Ace Ventura and Dumb and Dumber.
e0LXL TIL that the practice of worker's compensation has its origins in 18th century piracy. A system of compensation was established as a result of the occupation's high risk of injury and included payments for different types of injuries as well as giving crewmates less strenuous duties when injured.
0dMy1 TIL Most newborns cry for 45 minutes to two hours every day during the first six months of life because crying is the only way they communicate