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TIL bioluminescent sharks exist

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gM1yW TIL That SleepNumber beds and mattresses contain microphones and record audio that its users agree to in purchasing the bed and creating a profile. It is in the privacy policy.
M7oyW TIL that there was a clown riot during the summer of 1855, in Toronto.
Z8evY TIL that H1N1, the influenza strain that caused the 1918 flu pandemic, survived another 40+ years as a seasonal flu bug. It was finally “extinguished” by another flu virus, H2N2, in the 1957 flu pandemic. Even so, a “new” H1N1 emerged 50 years later to cause the 2009 “swine flu” pandemic.
xRW0 TIL that actor Peter O'Toole (Lawrence of Arabia) was unsure of where he was born. Sources claim it was either Connemara, Ireland or Leeds, England. He had a birth certificate from both countries.
9wPMm TIL in a rare move for a large corporation, SC Johnson voluntarily stopped using Polyvinylidene chloride in saran wrap which made it cling but was harmful to the planet. They lost a huge market share.