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TIL more people have been to the moon than the deepest part of the ocean: the Mariana Trench. Only three people ever went there: two scientists aboard the Trieste in 1960, and film director James Cameron in 2012

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XEYX6 TIL the Civil War started in Wilmer McLean's backyard and ended at his kitchen table.
b9BnZ TIL in England in 1858, a confectioner making peppermint lozenges tried to purchase harmless powdered gypsum from a local pharmacist but was accidentally sold 12 pounds of arsenic trioxide. 21 people died and more than 200 others became ill when the poisoned candy was unwittingly sold to the public.
78rVP TIL you're more likely to find precisely the exact same molecule again hidden anywhere on or in Earth than shuffling a deck of cards into an order that isn't new.
ADL9w TIL Netherlands has more population density than India
O9B4 TIL “Go eat toffee” is a common insult in South Korea, because Korean toffees are shaped like dicks