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TIL Aaron Carter is in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the youngest singer to have four consecutive top 10 singles in the United Kingdom.

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b6YNN TIL that other than the carbon in blood diamonds, tantalum is the only pure chemical element to face international sanctions requiring conflict-free sourcing
GdP5 TIL the Aral Sea (the 4th largest lake in the world in 1960) lost 80% of its volume by 1998 and went from a fresh water lake to being 3 times saltier than the ocean all due to a Soviet Era Irrigation Project
R7pr1 TIL that a British survey concluded that, in an emergency aircraft evacuation, up to 35% of people admit they would try to take some or all of their belongings with them, despite being instructed not to.
kO6Z5 TIL there are beds bigger than California King. Including Wyoming and Alaska King.
gMQBb TIL that Elton John has a species of shrimp named after him