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TIL that Silly String was Originally Designed to be an Instant Spray-On Cast for Broken Bones

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XOmQ TIL Africa is bigger than the USA, China, India, Europe and Japan combined. Pretty hard to tell just by looking at a map. This one really puts it into perspective!
KOMJ TIL Brian Doyle-Murray, the voice for characters such as The Flying Dutchman and Captain K'nuckles is one of Bill Murray’s brothers.
DQVxr TIL that in 1958, a plan called Project Oilsand proposed using nuclear bombs to exploit oil from Alberta's Athabasca tar sands. The concept involved the underground detonation of up to 100 nuclear explosives to create intense heat; hypothetically liquefying the oil and making it easier to extract.
RB6j [TIL] As lemon juice is used to make invisible ink, a man tried to rob a bank thinking he was invisible by putting lemon juice on his face.
Wk40N TIL There is lava on Mars.