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TIL soil is not a renewable resource. Soil is 1 of 2 main components of Earth — the other being oceans — where life is active. Human life depends on healthy soil, just like it depends on clean air and clean water, but losses of soil cannot be regained within a lifetime.

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wLo7W TIL that the ADE 651; an inert rod of metal with a plastic hinge, was sold as a bomb detector. It was used by the militaries of Iraq, Afghanistan and more than a dozen other countries for years before anyone noticed that it did nothing at all.
wnKo TIL that Joseph Stalin’s son shot himself because of Stalin’s harshness toward him, but survived. After this, Stalin said, “He can’t even shoot straight.”
M9QB TIL 15 percent of women have experienced an orgasm during exercise.
16nM4 TIL there's a man known as "the pudding guy" who gamed American Airlines' loyalty program in the 1980's by buying 12,150 cups of pudding ($3,140) for over 1.2 million frequent flyer miles. Bonus: he donated the pudding to the Salvation Army in exchange for a sizable tax write-off.
OXAX TIL a prison in Washington pairs up “death row” shelter cats with select inmates as part of a rehabilitation program.