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TIL human-made infrastructure etc. outweighs all life on Earth biocubes.net

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PY0DZ TIL blimps use the same amount of fuel in 2 weeks that a 747 uses to taxi to the runway
Q6d6 TIL about Tarrare, a slender French man who lived in the 1700s. He had a bizarrely insatiable appetite which could never be satisfied. While under medical observation, he would eat everything he could find like cats, snakes and corpses. He was even suspected of eating a toddler.
7Bwr TIL Euchre is responsible for introducing the joker into the modern deck of cards
oBkY8 TIL about Finger Binary. A method to count up to 31 on one hand and up to 1024 on two hands
V8vZ TIL George Lucas got his head stuck inside the mouth of Bruce the mechanical shark from Jaws. Steven Spielberg thought it would be funny to close its mouth on him as a prank, but Bruce malfunctioned and George was trapped