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TIL Pink Himalayan Salt is one of the most expensive salts in the world. People claim it contains more minerals than ordinary table salt. Scientists found the amount of minerals it contains is so miniscule that it makes no measurable difference.

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4bDg TIL there is an Annual Tarantula Exhibition, where participants are judged much like dogs in a dog show. Participants are judged on shiny coats, correct proportions, an active demeanor and proper stance. In 2014, the event was attended by more than 30,000 tarantulas and their keepers.
VAND TIL that group “brainstorming” doesn’t work – it makes each individual in the group less creative. “[B]rainstorming groups think of far fewer ideas than the same number of people who work alone and later pool their ideas.”
OoZ7X TIL When Stephen Colbert was 10 years old, his father, 2 brothers, and 69 others were killed when their plane crashed 5 miles from the runway amid dense fog. The crew failed to pay attention to the plane's altitude because they were busy trying to spot a nearby amusement park through the fog.
ZpPEY TIL A popular rapper Corey "C-Murder" Miller became popular in the 1990s until he... Well, committed a murder and was sentenced to life in prison.
ADaXn TIL China's single child policy resulted in groups of people that had never encountered genetic siblings. The notion of "sibling" was a hard one for the children to grasp - a task made more difficult by the Chinese tendency to use the term for "brother" or "sister" when talking about cousins