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TIL There is 97% overlap between swimmers and great white sharks in So. California beaches

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8eena TIL that Countess Magdalena "Nina" von Stauffenberg, wife of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (key player in the 20 July plot against Hitler in 1944) was a third cousin to the Duke of Edinburg, the late Prince Philip. She died in 2006.
M7GoK TIL Tom Hardy reads bedtime stories for the BBC's series CBeebies
W71yY TIL Mark Mcgwire’s 70th home run was caught by fan Phil Ozersky. After the Cardinals offered him a signed bat, ball, and jersey for the baseball. Ozersky asked to be able to meet McGwire too in this exchange, but McGwire said no. Ozersky to keep the baseball ,which he sold for over $3million.
0w46p TIL that 8 months after Sacagawea's death, William Clark (from the explorer duo Lewis & Clark) adopted her 2 children.
lyGa Til That when deli meats shine ranbow colors it’s not because oil is on it but the meat is cut perfectly against the grain, therefore more tender