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TIL there’s a mountain in Germany that has burned since 1688. The cause is still not totally known today.

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PY4Vn TIL California sea otters blow air into their fur to keep them afloat and insulated. This is possible because of their amazingly thick and intricate fur that traps the air bubbles as they blow onto it.
mxO0y TIL Alfred Nobel, of the Nobel Prize lost his brother to an accident at his lab. They were working with liquid nitrogen and attempting to create a more stable explosive. Nobel was able to complete his research after the accident and invented dynamite.
p8yKb TIL that an Indian buffalo racer by the name of Srinivas Gowda allegedly ran 142m in 13.42 seconds, which when converted to the 100m is the equivalent of 9.55 seconds, .03 seconds faster than Usain Bolt.
b66np TIL about just 1 of Michael Jordan's streams of revenue. He receives 5% royalty on every Jordan Brand item sold. Shoes, apparel and international business earning soared to 4.7 billion dollars in 2021. That means Jordan makes about 645,000 dollars every morning he opens his eyes.
WAEB TIL that during Civil War, a person can pay $300 to escape the draft. The rationalization for this was that unwilling troops were ineffective so the government might as well extract funds to be used as war funds from the unwilling if it got poor service.