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TIL that the whole of fiction--almost every story ever written--is a variation on 7 basic plots.

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Me5ba TIL that the average white, fluffy cloud weighs about 1.1 million pounds (~500,000kg)
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nBKB TIL the Exxon Valdez, a ship that caused one of the most infamous oil spills in history is still carrying oil today, albeit with a different name. However,it is banned from carrying oil off of the Alaskan coast, the site of the spill
ep7e6 TIL, A Personal Trainer named Tom Mansfield accidentally overdosed on caffeine after he miscalculated the amount of powder he was meant to use on kitchen scales. He drank the equivalent of 200 cups of coffee in one cup.
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