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yVWwa Today I learned that the infamous serial killer Ted Bundy once rescued a child from drowning.
5VGmR TIL According to the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA), 97% of all clothes and 98% of all shoes sold in the US today are imported. The vast majority of those are imported from China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, and India.
gGnb TIL the North and South Poles have no official time zones. In the North, countries which have research stations follow their respective countries’ times. The South Pole has only one research station (US-owned), and they use New Zealand time because researchers fly in from Christchurch.
x6y70 TIL Hildegard of Bingen (1098 - 1179) is the first composer with known biographical details. A CD featuring her music with Emma Kirkby released in 1981 sold 260,000 copies, making it the eleventh biggest-selling classical CD of all time
XXV6 TIL that Ellen DeGeneres was cast as Dory in Finding Nemo when the director, Andrew Stanton, watched her ‘change the subject 5 times before finishing the sentence’ in conversation with his wife.