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TIL snow is actually considered a mineral, along with naturally occurring ice. Water, however, is not a mineral.

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mxMoM TIL in fiscal year 2013 the IKEA Catalogue was printed in more than double the amount of copies than the Bible, despite only appearing in 43 countries.
R6nw TIL that The Rock holds dual citizenship in US and Canada. Rocky Johnson (The Rock’s father) was born in Nova Scotia. He is descendant of Black Loyalists, who escaped a southern plantation after the American Revolutionary War and emigrated to Nova Scotia, Canada.
KY6P4 TIL Flagstaff Arizona was the world's first International Dark Sky City and you can see the Milky Way at night from downtown
rRgbd TIL Nik Wallenda was the first person in over a century to cross the Niagara falls on a tightrope, which required two years of work to get a special dispensation, costed over a million dolars, and had to carry with him his passport to present it when he arrived at the Canadian side.
b9Dx4 TIL Russians call WWII "The Great Patriotic War"