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TIL The world will run out of Helium possibly within 25-30yrs, which would be disastrous to the Medical Industry just to start.

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AN9ex TIL only Buffalo Bills quarterback Jim Kelly has lost more Super Bowls than Tom Brady.
LQVEr TIL that the look of Disney character Magica De Spell was inspired by Italian actresses Gina Lollobrigida and Sophia Loren
x6Oj5 TIL of the “Squeeze”, which was a type of accident in the early days of diving where a catastrophic loss of pressure in the diving suit of the diver. The immense pressure would suck the skin and organs up into the heavy copper diving helmet, leaving the bones and straps of flesh in the diving suit.
W7yk4 TIL the "snake oil salesman" is attributed to Clark Stanley who gained national attention marketing snake oil at the 1893 World's Fair. In 1916 a USDA analysis concluded there was no snake oil in his concoction at all, and that it was 99% mineral oil. He was fined $20 ($543.69 in 2022).
98PD TIL the Netherlands is the third-largest direct foreign investor in the United States.