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TIL Bruce Lee literally punched too fast for people to react and had to limit his speed on camera

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4k8VX TIL about an Ultra-rare baby ghost shark sighted in New Zealand that is the first creature I'm aware of that can be legitimately called a dickhead, given that's where it's penis is located.
8aQwV TIL that for years after CD players hit the market they remained unpopular and were mostly limited to fans of classical music. Dire Straights then released "Brothers in Arms", the first totally digital album. It sold 30 million copies and is credited with launching CD players into the mainstream.
0V6R TIL there are only six ingredients in Spam: ham, salt, water, sugar, sodium nitrite and potato starch
pY4BG TIL that Monster Energy Drink (est 2002) has sued over 130 companies over use of word Monster, including Pokémon (est 1996) and Capcom’s Monster Hunter Franchise and successfully forcing Ubisoft to change its game title from Gods & Monsters to Immortals Fenyx Rising.
j6d7X TIL that the Thoroughbred racehorse Equipoise (1928–1938), mentioned in the song "Fugue for Tinhorns" from the 1950 musical 'Guys and Dolls', was a real-life stakes winner. While "Epitaph" is fictional, the American Quarter Horse stallion and racehorse Go Man Go was a great-grandson of Equipoise.