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TIL All the gold ever mined would make a cube 71 ft on each side (21.7 m)

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nbO9 TIL in Iceland people use geysers to bake bread.
RXMj TIL a lighthouse keeper’s cat named Tibbles is said to have single-handedly driven an entire species of wren into extinction, making the bird “the only known species on Earth to be entirely wiped out by a single being”.
R5kA7 TIL that in 1963, the FBI launched a 2-year investigation where they unsuccessfully attempted to discern the lyrics to the song “Louie Louie” by The Kingsmen out of fear that the song contained obsene lyrics
nJBW TIL that in 1991, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad’s son killed 2 people while driving. He was only ticketed for improper lane usage & fined $15.