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TIL It's physically impossible to sink entirely in quicksand

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mxD8x TIL in 2001 Stan Lee was given the opportunity to re-imagine DC's Justice League and he made Batman black, Wonder Woman Hispanic and The Flash a teenage girl.
JY5dm TIL the Great Indian Bustard was a major candidate for being India's national bird, but over fears that it would be misspelled "Great Indian Bastard", it was rejected in favor of the peacock. Since then, the peacock has been thriving, while the bustard has been on the verge of extinction.
yQ0ga TIL The water boatman can produce 99 dB of sound by rubbing its penis across its abdomen
bml7 TIL that on April Fool’s Day, 1976, the BBC convinced many listeners that a special alignment of the planets would temporarily decrease gravity on Earth. Phone lines were flooded with callers who claimed they felt the effects.
4rXb TIL St. Lawrence was roasted to death on a hot grill. In defiance he said “Turn me over - I’m done on this side!”. He is now Patron Saint of Comedians