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TIL that student loan debt is roughly $1 trillion in size, greater than either auto or credit-card debt and second only to mortgage debt in the US.

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W4md TIL that on a trip to England in 1698, Peter the Great loved the taste of stout beers, but was unable to take any back with him to Russia before it spoiled. To mitigate this, London brewers added more hops and alcohol to their stouts thus creating a new beer style, the Russian Imperial Stout.
E1l4W TIL Not only can you eat dandelions raw(or make a tea etc.), but that they are pretty nutritious and can even stimulate digestion / bile flow.
o86r TIL Santa Cruz del Islote is the most densely populated island in the world
R7Mb4 TIL that we have had the ability to turn Lead and Mercury into Gold since the 50's. It's just cheaper to mine so we don't do it on a commercial scale.
dDEBE TIL according to National Parks Authority data, Grand Canyon National Park had the most search and rescue (SAR) incidents between 2018-2020 with 785. And Mount Rainier National Park has the most open SAR incidents with 101, followed by Blue Ridge Parkway's 28.