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

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wLdY6 TIL In 1930, a lawyer tried to leave $50,000 in trust to build a Womanless library. “No Woman Admitted” signs were to be posted at each entrance and no works by women were to be allowed on the premises. His family successfully challenged his will after his death, and the plans were scrapped.
oB9mA TIL Scientists routinely run naked in -100 degree (F) temperatures. They have learned they can survive about 3 minutes, and breathe through a snorkel that heats up the air so they don't freeze their lungs.
14y4 TIL in a study involving medical students at UVA half of them believed half racist myths like black people feeling less pain and aging slower
jNOWE TIL that in 2013 Tina Turner became a citizen of Switzerland, and relinquished her US citizenship.
8aE7G TIL that Arnold Schwarzenegger tricked Sylvester Stallone into starring in ‘Stop or My Mom Will Shoot’ by spreading rumours that he wanted the lead role. In a heated rivalry with him at the time, Stallone took the role just to keep it from Arnie.