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TIL lead can and has been turned into gold through a process called nuclear transmutation, but the expenses of the procedure far exceed any gain from the value of the resulting gold.

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AOLl TIL shortly before his death, Hans Christian Andersen had consulted a composer about the music for his funeral, saying: “Most of the people who will walk after me will be children, so make the beat keep time with little steps.”
EgGax TIL when John Steinbeck published The Grapes Of Wrath in 1939, a farm worker with two leaders of California Associated Farmers publicly burned a copy of the book because he did not like what he heard about it, even though he had not read it. After reading it years later, he said he “had no regrets.”
xVjDB TIL the founder of Tootsie Rolls, Leo Hirshfield, committed suicide after being ousted from his own company. He'd created it to be an affordable chocolate-tasting candy that would not melt in the heat. He named them after his daughter Clara "Tootsie" Hirshfield.
oQYA TIL Dogs can sense Earth’s magnetic field, and will attempt to align themselves facing north when they poop in an unfamiliar place. This is why they often spin before they defecate.
7r6xL TIL that Sisqo and Bob Newhart almost co-starred in a 2001 sitcom together that was going to air on NBC