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TIL an ice cube sized block of Aerogel contains as much surface area as half a football field.

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PYyKe TIL when future US President Herbert Hoover was born in 1874, his father announced the news by saying, "We have another General Grant at our house!", referencing the incumbent chief executive. This rural Iowan blacksmith would die nearly fifty years before his son fulfilled the prediction.
KDV4 TIL that suburban neighborhoods were made to prevent people of being Communists. William Levitt, father of modern American suburbia declared: “No one who owns his own house and lot can be a Communist. He has too much to do.”
VMwvm TIL the richest preacher in the world is David Oyedepo of Nigeria, with a net worth of $150 Million. The 63-year old pastor owns 2 private jets, a $10 million house, and controls churches in 45 African nations.
xNlw TIL Originally all humans were lactose intolerant, and those who aren’t lactose intolerant are the ones with a mutation.
Lkkor TIL that World Rally Championship drivers are trained in first aid in the event that a spectator or driver is injured.