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TIL there is enough gold to cover the entire Earth by 13 inches. However, most of the gold is in Earth's core.

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VM15p TIL Homer Simpson and many other characters in the works of Matt Groening have the middle initial J as an homage to Rocky and Bullwinkle creator Jay Ward, who gave many of his own characters the same middle initial.
78PMp TIL that the number 4 in Roman Numerals is expressed as IIII rather IV on a clock face so as not to offend the god, Jupiter. Jupiter’s name in Latin is IVPPITER and it was felt that placing the first two letters upside down would be disrepectful.
x61M1 TIL McDonald's initially was a barbeque restaurant when it first opened. They had lots of competition as a barbeque shop and dealt with tight profit margins which caused them to close for a few months. They then reopened as a burger restaurant.
Y7kl7 TIL that rainbows are actually full circles, and half of the rainbow is always over the horizon.
XEvV8 TIL a whale (188 decibels) is louder than the Space shuttle launching (160 decibels).