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TIL too much exposure to Silver (Ag) will turn your skin permanently blue

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jNYMv TIL: During an average lifetime of driving, we face about a one-in-three chance of being seriously injured or killed in a motor vehicle crash.
E1aNp TIL about the Lion of Lucerne, a 30-foot long lion carved into the side of a quarry. The monument is dedicated to the Swiss Guards who were massacred during the French Revolution. Dying from a spear, the lion was described by Mark Twain as "the most mournful and moving piece of stone in the world."
PYRBG TIL the primetime version of 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?' averaged 30M viewers a night at its peak in 2000. However, ABC overexposed the show by extending it to an hour and airing it every weekday, causing ABC to drop from most-watched network to below the top 20. It was then canceled in 2002.
E9G0 TIL that 51% of American 16-34 year-olds have used cannabis at least once, and 24% have in the past year.
4kVNw TIL when Hall of Fame pitcher Mariano Rivera retired from MLB in 2013, Hard Rock Cafe "retired" Metallica's "Enter Sandman," Rivera's entrance music at Yankee Stadium, from their playlists at all of their locations worldwide, except at their Yankee Stadium location.