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TIL that the scarcity and high demand for sand have fueled a dangerous black market for illegally mined sand, often associated with organized crime and violence.

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em7n TIL The co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous believed LSD could be used to cure alcoholics and credited the drug with helping his own recovery from often debilitating depression.
YpGNA TIL Research shows that people infected with a parasite from cats were more likely to have business ambitions, and placed a greater emphasis on entrepreneurship and management.
V8xk TIL The drummer of The Police composed the Spyro the Dragon soundtrack
k784 TIL that roughly 1% of the German population is genetically immune to the HIV virus
OG0ra TIL of the "Devil's Cigarette Lighter," a natural gas fire that burned for nearly 6 months in the Algerian desert. It rose between 450 ft (140m) and 800 ft (240m) high and burned over 550 million cubic feet of gas every day. It was witnessed by John Glenn while in orbital spaceflight.