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TIL sand is the second most used natural resource worldwide, after fresh water

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dDWNK TIL that in 1320, the city of Avignon put an entire species of beetle on trial to try and protect their harvest, and they demanded the beetles to withdraw to a designated reserve. When the beetles refused to comply, they were outlawed, detained, and killed.
0dGD1 TIL that most of the moons of Uranus are named after Shakespeare characters.
9wpEr TIL: That in 1942 Julia Child, a well-known celebrity chef, was hired by the OSS which later became the CIA.
b699Q TIL that the inventor of Wordle, Josh Wardle, was also the creator of the original r/Place in 2017
P1jYE TIL Miranda, a moon of Uranus, might have the tallest cliff in the Solar System. The cliff is estimated to be between 5 and 15 kilometers tall. At 15 km tall, it would take 12 minutes to fall from the top with Miranda's low gravity (at 200 km/h).