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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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e04Kb TIL Professionals who walk over hot coals and broken glass have confirmed that walking over Lego bricks is more painful
vNkB TIL that the Nation of Islam teaches that white people are a race of “Devils” created by a black scientist 6,600 years ago on a Greek island.
RME4 TIL that in Ancient Rome, if people wished to commit suicide, they applied to the Senate and, if their petitions were approved, were given free hemlock.
GKl4 TIL Mohammad said in Quran “You don’t praise my god, and I don’t praise your god. Keep your gods to yourselves, and I’ll keep mine to myself”
pv4Z TIL in 2000, a Great White Shark was killed by an Orca off the coast of California. All other Great Whites in the area suddenly disappeared. A tagged Great White showed researchers that within 1 hour of the attack, the tagged shark dove to 500m and swam 4000 kilometers to Hawaii.