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TIL Jack Black was the offical rat catcher for Queen Victoria and bred rats to sell them as pets

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LkEA9 TIL aluminum was the most valuable metal on Earth until the 20th century. When Napoleon the third entertained guests, his guests would use a gold spoon and he would use an aluminum spoon.
GA6g TIL in 1974 a Florida news reporter killed herself on camera and had already written out the script to be read after her death.
XERO6 TIL running a leafblower for 30 minutes is worse than driving a pickup truck 3800 miles
nWj89 TIL it's impossible for a human to drown in quicksand because the human body is less dense than sand. The deepest a person can sink is to their waist
woAjW TIL the best practice when an adult tooth gets knocked out is to grab it by the crown (don't touch the root), lightly rinse it with water and push it back in to the socket where it came from. Then seek medical attention asap.