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TIL a 2013 survey showed 91% of Chinese people in support of a nationwide ban on the trade in shark fins, largely as a result of campaigning by ex-NBA player Yao Ming.

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n8dG TIL The biggest sports riot in history occurred in the Byzantine Empire in 532 AD, between fans of opposing chariot racing teams. 30,000 people died.
epB9k TIL about a phenomenon in mines called rock burst. Rock bursts occur when mining tunnels alter the pressure placed on nearby rocks which can cause the rocks to explode. Miners are killed every year by rock bursts.
RZ59 TIL that a woman sued Disneyland for $150,000, claiming one of the Three Little Pigs fondled her and caused her to gain 50lb. Charges were dropped when the defence presented the costume - complete with inoperable arm stubs.
oe1E TIL NASA is planning to grow plants on the moon by 2015 - “If they can thrive, we probably can too”
5Nm8 TIL when talking about how she had managed to become a model, Calvin Klein model Cameron Russell said: “The real way I became a model is I won a genetic lottery”