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TIL - When James Cameron asked about being married 5 times, he replied, “being attracted to strong independent women has the downside that they’re strong independent women – they inherently don’t need you!”

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nWV9W TIL of 'Soul of the Earth' by Rafael Trénor--an earth sized sculpture forming the concept of a cube within the earth with the 8 corners poking out on/near land, will be the largest sculpture on earth when the final vertex is finished in Spain.
9wrNm TIL: Invisible and odorless, radon gas is the #2 cause of lung cancer, killing 21,000 annually in the US. Despite its dangers and simple testing, a lack of regulations and awareness means many homes go untested, exposing countless to this silent killer.”
wdLM TIL there is a school in Moscow whose mission is to enable Russian women to snag rich husbands. Part of the curriculum includes “strengthening and toning the muscles using special equipment — a kind of gym for the vagina.”
9Y5xp TIL Hyenas re more closely related to cats than dogs.
E14wx TIL I learned of Grandma Gatewood who hiked the 2,200 mile Appalachian trail at 55 bringing only Converse shoes, an army blanket and a plastic shower curtain after reading about it in a magazine and telling her children she was going for a walk. She hiked it again at 72 and 75.