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TIL that people have died from digging holes too deep in sand.

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Ka6B TIL a Greenland shark was tagged off Greenland in 1936 and recaptured in 1952. Its measurements suggest that Greenland sharks grow at a rate of 0.5–1 cm (0.2–0.4 in) per year, thus the largest individuals may live about 200 years, making them among the longest-lived vertebrates on Earth.
prAe TIL Pablo Escobar murdered a Presidential candidate/The secretary of Justice/The inspector General/various congressman/kidnapped the future president/murdered the Chief editor of the biggest Newspaper/and bankrolled an operation that ended with the death of almost all the supreme court justices
wrLW TIL that David Warren, the inventor of the black box, was buried in a casket labeled “Flight Recorder Inventor; Do Not Open”
kOQo7 TIL Ronald Regan used the slogan "Lets make America great again" in his 1980 presidential campaign.
e0mDJ TIL about Ross Ulbricht and Silk Road - Ross went from an Eagle Scout to running a billion dollar underground drug market