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TIL gold is so rare that the world pours more steel every hour than it has poured gold since the beginning of recorded history.

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grwLL TIL that the subcontinent of India once moved over the surface of the Earth twice as fast as any other landmass
wLMW1 TIL Hitler took amphetamines to stop farting. Some historians think that's why he became increasingly erratic toward the end, he was in withdrawal.
5YnrR TIL sufferers from Anton–Babinski syndrome are blind, but affirm, often quite adamantly and in the face of clear evidence of their blindness, that they are capable of seeing.
p81RZ TIL that a bird called the lammergeier eats tortoises after weakening their shells by dropping them from great heights. In 455 BC a man was killed by a tortoise dropped by the bird after the bird mistook his bald head for a giant rock.
JAKv TIL Microsoft employees continued working through an earthquake in 2001 despite alarms and flashing lights, until they received an on-screen message saying “Alarms going off! Please evacuate the building! Have a Wonderful Day!”