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TIL that (adjusted for inflation) the seven highest-grossing James Bond films star either Sean Connery or Daniel Craig

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VMLl8 TIL In 1910 there was a bill to introduce hippos to the Louisiana bayous called the “American Hippo Bill”. The hippos would consume the invasive water hyacinth and provide a solution to the American meat crisis. The bill fell just short of passing.
j66ln TIL the Māori name for France is Wīwī, derived from the French phrase "oui, oui"
4XLEX TIL about a psychological phenomenon called "cute aggression" where people will react to seeing cute things with violent impulses.
Lybp TIL the US + 11 nations are in meetings to create the TPP trade deal that would (1) create jail time for illegal downloading, (2) punish piraters by banning their use of internet (3) force ISPs to give your private data to government (4) censor the internet by removing content and entire websites
YYlr TIL that submarines were originally detected by sensing the way they distort the Earth’s magnetic field. Now submarines have copper wires (with 4,000 amps running through them) wrapping the hull to demagnetize the ship to avoid detection.