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TIL It is impossible for a human to sink entirely into quicksand due to its higher density.

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6EWoX TIL during an annual toad migration in Germany, volunteers set up a “toad fence” along the sides of the road to protect the amphibians from getting run over. The animals are trapped in bucket and carried to the other side of the road each day. More than half a million are saved each year.
mxWR TIL that scientists believe the person who will live to be 150 years old in the future.. has already been born.
16ay4 TIL the character Bugs Bunny was based on a Clark Gable scene in the movie It Happened One Night
6EG8l TIL the current most senior member of the White House is the Director of Communications, a 29 year old woman who had no prior experience in politics prior to the post she currently holds.
JYmQ TIL that MIT students have a history of some of the most awesome pranks that have ever been pulled, including hacking the lighting system of one building on campus and rigging it so that they could play Tetris using the windows as tiles.