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TIL It's physically impossible to sink entirely in quicksand

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QyXd TIL that Buddhists have been replanting decedents of the tree that Buddha reached enlightenment under for thousands of years.
V7v4 TIL a border collie in Australia fell off a boat during a huge storm and swam 5 nautical miles through shark infested waters and survived a month off wild goats until rescued by coast guard
QkNM TIL that since few Apollo astronauts were willing to admit they were a size “small”, the condom fittings for their space suits’ urine collection assemblies were sized “large”, “gigantic” and “humongous”.
Xk1k TIL that when studying sea anemones off the coast of Yemen, researchers discovered that there’s no natural enemy for the Yemeni anemone.
epZmg TIL since its invention in 1959, the MOSFET transistor has become the most produced artificial object in history with over 13 sextillion manufactured