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TIL The world's oceans contain 20 million tons of gold!

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neXd9 TIL that in 1938 early aviator Douglas Corrigan was denied permission to fly from New York to Ierland. Since he was denied he planned to fly to California instead. 28 hours later he arrived in Ireland, telling officials that he must have mistakenly gone the wrong way.
JOjj TIL Before appearing in his first movie, Arnold Schwarzenegger was already a self made millionaire at 22 years old thanks to his investments in real estate and a mail-order bodybuilding equipment company.
R7OP4 TIL about Alexander Winton, who built and sold the first American-made gasoline car on March 24, 1898. The public was skeptical. "To advocate replacing the horse, which had served man through centuries, marked one as an imbecile."
4XDEa TIL in 1948 Lyndon B Johnson used a helicopter to campaign for office. He would hover over farmers working in their fields, many who had never seen a helicopter, and blare through the loudspeaker: "Hello, down there! This is your friend, Lyndon Johnson, your candidate for the United States Senate."
BlOe TIL Hippos have red sweat that is frequently mistaken for blood