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TIL Quicksand alone is considered harmless, and it’s impossible for humans or animals to actually drown in.

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x65MB TIL about structural colouration. ‘Structural coloration in animals, and a few plants, is the production of colour by microscopically structured surfaces fine enough to interfere with visible light instead of pigments…’
D7Qe TIL best seat in movie for sound is 2/3rd back in middle. That’s where audio engineers sit to balance sound.
PY9aO TIL at the end of the 17th century in an attempt to modernize society, Russian Emperor Peter the Great taxed any men who didn't shave their beard. Those that paid the tax carried around a copper or bronze token as proof they had paid.
KYOE TIL farts smell worse in the shower because our nose works better in high heat and humidity.
l78Y5 TIL 15th century Europe experienced the Great Bullion Famine in which several nations were unable to mint their own currency. The causes include the black death and the bullion outflow from trade with the East. The famine was resolved through accessing new metal sources in the New World and Africa.