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TIL uranium is 500x more common on Earth than gold.

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KOyxJ TIL about Augustus Agar, a Royal Navy officer with a wild 37 year career: he sunk a Soviet cruiser using a torpedo fired from a small boat, was knighted for spying, captained the Royal Yacht, smuggled £2 million in gold to Canada, and was pulled so deep by a sinking ship that he got the bends.
a8YNZ TIL humans can have a form of echolocation.Just by clicking their tongue or simply snapping their fingers they can know where they are, or where to go.About 30 percent of blind people use this with their stick that most use. Even people who aren't blind can do this with lots of patience and training
4NRb TIL that today in 1680, the Pueblos of N.M. were joined in unity by their leader Popé to fight against their Spanish oppressors. Known as the Pueblo Revolt, the Pueblos drove off the Spanish for the next 12 years, saving their identity and religion, which was sought to be destroyed at that time.
awDpL TIL the British & Irish Plug is Regarded as the Safest in the World
QNKV9 TIL that non-naked mole rats do exist.