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TIL Archimedes’ estimate for the number of grains of sand sufficient to fill the then known universe was 10^63 grains of sand

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M7678 TIL 15-year-old Shyam Lal in India decided to take his spade and dig a pond to quench the thirst of people and cattles. Fellow villagers laughed at him. Lal identified a spot in the forest in and kept digging — for 27 years. The result was a one-acre 15-feet deep pond.
KOgaw TIL that in 1974 Elvis Presley expressed interest in covering Dolly Parton's "I will always love you". She was initially was thrilled about the proposal, however when she found out she would have to sign over half of the royalties to Elvis she refused.
P1QoJ TIL about Labadee, a Royal Caribbean owned private beach resort in Haiti complete with a 30 foot wall and armed guards on each side isolating it from the rest of the country. Tourists arrive at a port connected to the resort and never go beyond the boundaries of the resort.
yLXa TIL: Within a few years of retirement, the majority of NFL and NBA players are bankrupt or in severe financial distress.
nWdro TIL that the Soviets used a 30 kt nuke to stop an out of control gas well fire