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TIL there's enough iron in the Earth to construct 2 Million Death Stars.

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a8nky TIL Less than half the population can actually smell asparagus pee
Wk5Y8 TIL not only was Sterling Holloway Jr. the voice actor of the snake Kaa in the 1967 “The Jungle Book” and the Cheshire Cat in the 1951 “Alice in Wonderland”, but most famously he was the original voice of Pooh from “Winnie the Pooh”.
KxgE TIL since the sun doesn’t set all summer long in Alaska, it’s common for cabbage to weigh up to 75lbs. Alaska holds the 2012 world record of 138lbs. [Thanks Good Eats blurb]
vPjKR TIL after the band The Sisters of Mercy split up, singer Andrew Eldritch heard his ex-bandmates were starting a new band called The Sisterhood. Eldritch secured legal rights to the name, and released a critically panned single the same day his ex-bandmates played their debut show. Both bands failed.
kj8m TIL that a woman in Vancouver was found dead in a yard, she had been drugged, strangled and her hands and feet were tied behind her back. Her death was ruled a suicide.