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TIL Roughly 500 Million Tons of Sediment are Deposited in the Gulf of Mexico by the Mississippi River Every Year

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6EL9Y TIL space smells like burnt steak. Astronauts have also reported space to smell metallic, or like gunpowder. Others have hypothesized that it could smell like raspberries.
M7Qx0 TIL on 1962, Mississippi Senate expressed its "complete, entire and utter contempt for the Kennedy administration and its puppet courts" about the integration of Ole Miss, when protesting against the admission of James Meredith
1aKDO TIL "The Lone Ranger" (that flopped spectacularly) cost $250 million to produce and ended up costing Disney $190 million in losses.
r8Qd TIL Bruce Willis only agreed to guest star on FRIENDS after losing a bet with his “The Whole Nine Yards” co-star Mathew Perry. He played Jennifer Aniston’s love interest on a 3 episode arc and won an Emmy for his performance. He donated his acting fee to five charities.
XELXj TIL Army vet Gregory Holeman needed a ride to the hospital but didn't know if Veterans Affairs covered an ambulance not pre-authorized. He asked his sister to call a social worker but she misdialed & Jimmy John's answered; JJ delivery driver Zack Hillmer (a U.S. Navy vet) drove him to the hospital.