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TIL that in North Carolina, it is illegal to disclose the chemicals used in fracking

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epEln TIL about the “Behavioral Sink” - a term invented by John B. Calhoun to describe a collapse in behavior that can result from overpopulation
neRKG TIL that the total mass of the entire asteroid belt is only about 4% of the mass of Earth's Moon
1g17 TIL that the little boy from the Shining teaches Anatomy at a community college in Kentucky and he tells his students at the beginning of each semester that they will fail class if they ask him anything about The Shining.
9YLBG TIL the Virgin Mary is mentioned more times in the Quran than in the entirety of the Bible.
XpNE TIL Mary Anderson, inventor of the modern windscreen wiper was told “we do not consider it to be of such commercial value as would warrant our undertaking its sale”, when she tried to sell her patent. Many company’s went on to implement her device after her patent was expired.