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TIL that if you took all the gold in the world and made it into a cube, it would only measure 20.5m on a side

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Wa6L TIL that in 1954 John Stapp strapped himself to a rocket sled, accelerated to 632 MPH in 5 seconds, and then decelerated to 0 MPH in 1.4 seconds. He experienced 46.2 G’s. He went temporarily blind and experienced two black eyes from his eyeballs having been shot so far forward.
jN16R TIL there is reportedly $2 million worth of treasure hidden in the Rocky Mountains. The man who claims he stashed it there says he did it to cheer people up after the Great Recession. Critics say he’s making it all up just to sell copies of his memoirs
jNgBR TIL: Keep folding paper can create a Fractal call dragon curve
8byV TIL that 42% of the world’s opium users are in Iran.
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