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TIL that a ton of old mobile phones has 100 times the concentration of gold found in an actual gold mine.

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E11P7 TIL The Ironic Process Theory (a.k.a. the White Bear Problem) which refers to the psychological process whereby deliberate attempts to suppress certain thought makes them more likely to surface. For example, try to not think about a White Bear.
NAm6 TIL that the company that makes Buck Knives will custom heat treat knife blades sent to them by DIY knife makers.
e0ZXJ TIL a Nigerian ship's cook, Harrison Odjegba Okene, survived for 60 hours in a sunken tugboat, Jascon-4, that capsized on 26 May 2013 in heavy seas while it was stabilising an oil tanker at a Chevron platform in the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean, about 32 km (20 mi) off the Nigerian coast
PYw9g TIL American Football is the 9th most popular sport in the world. It is beaten by both Volleyball and Table Tennis.
YBG7 TIL When bitten by a coral snake, a Texas man killed the snake by biting off the snake’s head and using the decapitated body as a tourniquet.