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TIL that asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral which has to be mined, and that millions of tons of it are still being mined today.

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oB8gr TIL Joe Rogan and Gerard Way (Lead singer for My Chemical Romance) are cousins.
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8anXG TIL: a “fair” coin toss doesn’t truly have a 50/50 chance of landing on either side, but rather a 51% chance of showing the side originally facing up, according to a 2004 Stanford study on angular dynamics
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7y0Z TIL Magic Eraser is basically just extremely fine sandpaper.