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TIL More people have died by taking selfies than by shark attacks in 2015

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rRL00 TIL that you are more likely to die of natural hazards such as snake bites or bushfire than homicide in Australia.
vP5EL TIL that in 1972 Scottish professional football club Dundee United played a series of friendly games in Nigeria in which they only managed to win one of them. The club's performances shocked the locals so much that "Dundee United" or just "Dundee" is now used as slang to mean "idiot" in Nigeria
9YAP6 TIL long-time professional baseball pitcher Satchel Paige, who debuted in the MLB at the age of 42, would sometimes instruct his infielders to sit down behind him, and then he would strike out the next three batters.
vxV7 TIL that Voltaire saw Canada as being a useless, frozen wasteland and sarcastically referred it as nothing more than “a few acres of snow”.
pYwoO TIL that in an effort to save $43.5, the Canadian Mint mailed the dies of the new $1 coin via a discount courier over using an armored car- which were promptly stolen and have never been found. This would lead to the adoption of the Loonie design as an emergency replacement.