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TIL Tug of War was once an Olympic sport

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NmQ1 TIL that William Shakespeare, wrote his own epitaph as a curse to ward off grave robbers. It reads, “Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare, To dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be the man that spares these stones, And cursed be he that moves my bones.”
ne9RB TIL the earliest known sources of uranium were in Naples, Italy & Jáchymov, Czech Republic. Uranium is 40 times more abundant in the Earth's crust than silver. 1 KG of uranium-235 can produce as much energy as 1.5 million KG of coal.
wr1E TIL an exotic dancer was busted by the IRS for failing to pay income tax on 1 million dollars in income she received in exchange for sex, from a single man.
M4lA TIL: New Zealand has an official wizard
nerG TIL that a 14 year old boy has managed to have over 12 billion trees planted all over the world