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TIL that in 2015 more people were killed from injuries caused by taking a selfie than by shark attacks

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Pk8J TIL Pixar’s ‘Cars’ movie only made $462M in theaters but has since grossed more than $8 billion in merchandising.
7ranr TIL Wheel of Fortune’s Vanna White sued Samsung Electronics in 1993 over its use of a humorous ad featuring a robot turning letters on a game show, alleging a violation of her personality rights. White was ultimately awarded $403,000 in damages.
rRyNe TIL that some people do not have an internal monologue. I can’t imagine making it through a single day without having the voice in my head.
7o7M TIL Michael Jordan’s dad, James Jordan was murdered by a man wearing a Michael Jordan t-shirt.
ADoDw TIL of Karl P. Schmidt, a herpetologist who documented his own death after he was bitten by a juvenile boomslang snake. He made detailed notes on the symptoms he experienced, almost right up to the end. He died 24 hours after the bite, bleeding in his lungs, kidneys, heart, and brain.