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TIL all Olympic curling stones are made of a rare type of granite that is only found on a tiny island in Scotland.

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pJPO TIL Tennessee only has one naturally formed lake, the rest are all man-made
LQgW9 TIL that Abraham Lincoln and Karl Marx corresponded during the Civil War. Marx and the International Working Man's Association in London congratulated Lincoln on his reelection and declared "the triumphant war cry of your re-election is Death to Slavery".
oBPn8 TIL that in 2008 an app called "I Am Rich" was released for a day. It had absolutely no purpose, cost $999.99, and eight people bought it just to show that they could afford it.
1aZZ7 TIL players of an online video game called Foldit decoded the crystal structure of an AIDS structure using the video game puzzle that had baffled scientists for over 15 years.
LQWVm TIL the earliest known usage of the term "Solar System" was by philosopher John Locke