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TIL Daniel Craig finished writing the Bond movie “Quantum of Solace” because of the 2008 Writers Strike. Also it has absolutely nothing at all in common with the short story it gets its name from.

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xV6r5 TIL that in early August 2017, a people smuggler off the coast of Yemen deliberately drowned at least 29 teenage migrants. The average age of the migrants was 16.
o7pr TIL That spiked dog collars were invented in ancient Greece and were originally designed to protect dogs throats from wolf attacks.
oBvR TIL There was a time when more bicycles then cars were sold in the US - 1972, ‘73, and '74
Bra1e TIL of Qian Xuesen, a Chinese aerospace engineer who was a founding member of JPL. When he was stripped of his security clearances during the Red Scare despite protests by his colleagues, he moved back to China where he became well known as the "Father of Chinese Rocketry"
XEok TIL that “Kittchen” is a German Slang Term for Prison