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TIL participation in high school sports has been dropping in the last decade. Yet, participation in school sports among wealthy students is higher than ever

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6E917 TIL that a would-be suicide bomb attack in Moscow was averted because a spam text detonated the bomb and killed only the bomber before she reached the targeted location.
e0ORD TIL that an Australian company developed a 22-karat gold toilet paper with a sale price of $1.3 million per roll.
e0dRb TIL despite how TV shows and movies depict it, New York only has a few alleys. Almost every alley scene is shot at the same location: Cortlandt Alley
1ax6W TIL In high concentrations Glycerol sweetener is used to store skin grafts because it kills even extremely resilient viruses such as Herpes. At high concentrations it kills off viruses within a week.
woNR7 TIL Caterpillar Inc. (the machinery company) once sued a coffee shop in Santa Cruz, California called Cat and Cloud Coffee over their use of the word "CAT".