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

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v1b88 TIL that to actually disinfect, most surface sprays need to be left wet on the bench for up to 10 minutes before wiping them off again. Pesky fine print, huh.
l76K TIL during a college football game in 1951, a white Oklahoma A&M player continually assaulted a black player from Drake named Johnny Bright. Bright was knocked unconscious 3 times and suffered a broken jaw, but still managed to throw a 61-yard touchdown pass before having to leave the game.
oRopY TIL Alan Turing was known for being eccentric. Each June he would wear a gas mask while cycling to work to block pollen. While cycling, his bike chain often slipped, but instead of fixing it, he would count the pedal turns it took before each slip and stop just in time to adjust the chain by hand
dDgK9 TIL that Bishop John Atherton, executed in Dublin in 1640 for "the vice of buggery” in a law he had helped to create, was later said to haunt the house of the lawyer who accused him - the man reportedly went mad, claiming to see the bishop’s ghost everywhere.
X6g8 TIL that Samurai Jack has a comic series continuing from where the show left off.