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TIL that Bob Marley shared his royalties with a soup kitchen so it would be able to stay open

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ADAg TIL In the 1982 three 12 years old did a shot by shot remake of Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, it took them 7 years to complete.
b9O6p TIL that female tennis player Esther Vergeer went on a decade long winning streak in wheelchair singles ended only by her retirement. Her streak lasted 470 matches and brought her 7 Paralympic gold medals and 21 grand slam singles titles.
oMRr TIL that when Perdue Pharmaceuticals made OxyContin crush/melt/tamper resistant in 2010 prescriptions fell 20% nationwide and heroin ODs rose 20%
N7d98 TIL that the tensile strength of plated bamboo cables is as strong as or stronger than a steel cable of the same size. Hemp rope loses 20% of its strength when wet while bamboo cables increase in strength by as much as 20% when wet.
NXj5M TIL The Earth’s magnetic felid can reverse itself, and has done so 183 times in the last 83 million years.