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TIL Osama Bin Laden played Volleyball, And was apparently really good at it too

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PYNJE TIL about Project Mohole, a failed attempt in the 1960s to drill all the way through the Earth’s crust to reach the mantle
rGaW TIL that “Chop Suey” literally means “miscellaneous leftovers” in Chinese.
nWaZb TIL that in a 2014 study which included over 2000 people revealed that 40% of those who survived a cardiac arrest were aware during the time that they were clinically dead and before their hearts were restarted. Some were conscious up to 3 minutes after the attack
jN1bE TIL After contracting gonorrhea due to having unsimulated sex in the film Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, Melvin Van Peebles successfully applied for workers’ compensation because he was “hurt on the job”
VMXPB TIL of the Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act. While in active duty military, you can submit a request to your credit card lenders to lower your interest rate to a maximum of 6%, and they are required by law to comply. This applies to debt incurred before joining as well.