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TIL that a 1/16" strand of Zylon can support a ton without breaking

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v1M5D TIL the Rolling Stones’ first No. 1 single, '(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction', was written, in part, by Keith Richards during a dream. Apparently, while asleep, he started rolling a tape and playing guitar, and the next morning he listened back and was satisfied with about 30 seconds of the riff.
v1oYB TIL: Garth Brooks' only single to not reach #1 (out of 21) was "We Shall Be Free" because of the "controversial" lyrics like: "When the last thing we notice is the color of the skin And the first thing we look for is the beauty within" and "When we're free to love anyone we choose we shall be free."
v1wyR TIL in 1989 in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, inside the apartment building wall was found radioactive cesium-137 capsule (that was lost in quarry). 4 residents of the building had died from leukemia
OBVL TIL that orange juice tastes bad after brushing because toothpaste blocks your sweet taste receptors due to a foaming agent that changes the permeability of your tongue cells.
QNWQX TIL of Mills Darden whose confirmed height was 7’6 (229 cm) and weighed around 860-1,020 lbs (390 to 460 kg). He was capable of tossing 500-pound (230 kg) piles of hay with ease and single-handedly carried 12 feed sacks (1200lb, 544kg, 85 stone) over 1.2 miles (1.9 km).