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TIL there was an actual federal court case titled “UNITED STATES v. APPROXIMATELY 64,695 POUNDS OF SHARK FINS”

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lob4N TIL the ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s have a ‘Flavour Graveyard’ where unpopular ice cream flavours go when they are retired.
KOd7Q TIL an "eyebrow flash" is an unconscious gesture, wherein a person wishing to approach another whom they recognize and are preparing for social contact, raises their eyebrows for approx ⅕th of a second. People generally return an eyebrow flash, unless it was given by someone whom they do not know.
QMZd TIL Batman used guns until 1939.
NJPb TIL that Billions of dollar worth of Hidden Treasure (Gold) was discovered at a Indian temple.
JEMQ TIL men have better spacial cognition than women and can put together IKEA furniture with or without the manual faster than women using the manual. Women’s performance suffered greatly without the manual, but men’s performance showed no major difference with or without the manual.