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TIL the average cloud weighs about 1.1 million pounds.

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OG5R4 TIL there is a philosophical idea called solipsism which says that only one's mind is sure to exist; everything from the external world and other minds cannot be known and might not exist
Z8BL4 TIL that the velociraptor noises in Jurassic Park are actually tortoises having sex
wLgLE TIL in 2007 there was a pet food recall on imported pet food from China that killed more than 8,500 pets. Congress enacted laws for the FDA to set new guidelines within 2 years. In 2016 the FDA reported they're still "drafting a regulation" and in 2018 Congress removed the guidelines for pet safety.
ADk5o TIL composer Earle Brown wrote a piece called “Twenty-Five Pages”, which consists of 25 un-numbered pages that can be played in any order, either side up, and each line read as treble or bass clef. It can be played by any number of pianos up to 25.
gxA4 TIL Methane Hydrate, a new and completely untapped reservoir of fossil fuel exists in huge amounts in the deep sea. Is estimated that there could be more potential fossil fuel contained in the methane hydrates than in all classic coal, oil and natural gas reserves combined.