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TIL There is only one pig in Afghanistan
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TIL The naming convention for generations following Gen X, Y and Z follows the Greek Alphabet, with the current cohort known as Generation Alpha.
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TIL according to Carl Sagan, NASA gave cyanide pills to astronauts to commit suicide in case something went wrong.
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TIL that Vanilla Ice wrote “Ice Ice Baby” at the age of 16, and that its music video was shot on a budget of only $8,000.
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TIL humans are unlikely to sink entirely into quicksand due to the higher density of the fluid: quicksand has a density of about 2 grams per milliliter, while human density is only about 1 gram per milliliter. A human would descend about up to their waist, but no further.
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TIL that the expression "i have a bridge to sell you" is a reference to George Parker who conned people into buying the Brooklyn bridge