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TIL It's physically impossible to sink entirely in quicksand

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won8E TIL about the Newport Dock Disaster of 1909, which claimed the lives of 39 men, and also about Tom Toya Lewis, a 14-year-old boy who attempted to help the trapped men and who was awarded the Albert Medal for his efforts.
bxlp TIL two high school students rode their horses to school on ‘no vehicles to school day’, and were suspended
gMvp9 TIL in the original Greek democracy, elections were seen as undemocratic and oligarchic. To them everyone was equal so they selected their leaders randomly in a process called Sortition.
9wPZD TIL Carlos Santana hears from angels since reading a book about them from a Milwaukee airport. Since 1994, the high-angel Metatron speaks through him ("like a fax machine") & convinced him to make an album. This became the Grammy-sweeping "Supernatural"— which includes "Smooth [ft. Rob Thomas]"
WXvN TIL “Towser,” a long-haired tortoiseshell female cat, is credited with killing an estimated 28,899 mice in 24 years of work as the resident pest control expert at Glenturret whiskey distillery in Scotland. Guinness Book of Records recognizes her tally as the world record.