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TIL that Death row inmates in Japan are not being told the date of their execution in advance, but learn only a couple of hours beforehand.

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8e8gK TIL that according to data from the Aspen Institute of Play and the Utah State University’s Families in Sports Lab, the most expensive kids’ sport is ice hockey, which has an annual cost of $2,583 on average in the United States
oEMK TIL of the swimming pigs of the Bahamas. They live freely on the beaches, and after basking in the sun for hours, they swim in the surf. The pigs are exceptionally friendly, running from under the shade of the almond trees to greet visitors that bring them treats.
4Xdg6 TIL Our sky is actually violet, but it appears blue because the cones in the human eye aren’t as sensitive to violet.
Eg64o Til that Paul Reubens' (Pee Wee Herman) father, Milton Rubenfeld, was one of the Five founding pilots of the Israeli Airforce in 1948.
nwJb TIL: Humanity has a 95% probability of being extinct within the next 10,000 years.