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TIL Ip Man was Bruce Lee's Teacher.

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xVNRw TIL Fossil remains of an extinct colossus penguin was nearly 7 feet tall and weighed 250 pounds, unearthed in Antarctica
wog1o TIL a veteran acrobatic pilot was killed during the filming of the first Top Gun when his Pitts S-2 camera plane failed to recover from a spin and plunged into the Pacific Ocean
RlVw TIL That in developed countries suicide now takes more lives than war, murder, and natural disasters combined – and the suicide rate worldwide has jumped 60% since WWII, and has jumped 30% in the US in the last decade alone
m1jGx TIL About 1 in 5 people living in New Hampshire tie their roots to Ireland.
grYj9 TIL that the first self serve restaurant opened in 1896! It consisted mostly of vending machines.