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TIL you can make $13,000 a year by selling your poop

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5VykP TIL some bricks have indentations called “frogs,” which reduce their weight and provide a key for mortar, enhancing the bond between bricks.
b9VM9 TIL according to Buddhism, at the core of all human beings and living creatures, there is no "eternal, essential and absolute something called a soul, self or atman". Nirvana, or liberation, is defined as the blissful state when a person realizes that he or she has "no self, no soul".
dk4Z TIL while almost all weight lifting records are from modern day athletes, the current record for a one-handed dead lift was set by Hermann Görner in 1920. He lifted 330 kg (727.5 lb).
j6YEn TIL about Tangier Island, Virginia, where people speak a distinct dialect of Southern American English, rely on golf carts for transportation, and the economy dependent on local fishing.