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TIL that there are ‘rainbow mountains’ in China, where the layers of rock are so vividly colored due to mineral deposits that they look like a painting.

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b9yka TIL Ryan Newman lead a campaign that may have just saved his own life. Newman crashed badly at the Daytona 500 back in 2003 prompting him to push for a reinforced bar across the windshield. In 2009 it became a regulation in NASCAR commonly referred to as the “Newman bar”.
XmoX TIL that the famous B-52 aircraft came into service in 1955, but through being constantly upgraded is expected to last until the 2040s, getting close to 100 years of service.
e0OPJ TIL That theologian and hobby paleontologist William Buckland, famous for writing the first full account of a fossil dinosaur, ate the heart of King Luis XIV
AA1l TIL that between 18,000-60,000 years ago, ducks the size of horses roamed around Australia.
mxmLv TIL Elephants risk their lives to mine a cave in an extinct volcano in Kenya. The rock has 100 times more sodium than what they normally eat, as well as being rich in potassium and calcium. They dig with their tusks, grind it and swallow it. The bones of those who didn't make it line the trail.