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TIL that more than 27 million Americans went hunting in 2016 and that it generates nearly $3.5 billion yearly in federal, state and local taxes.

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nWJOd TIL Ford CEO Jim Farley is the cousin of SNL comedian Chris Farley
M776a TIL after filming of the restauraunt scene in the 1983 "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life", hundreds of pounds of fake vomit had to be cleaned up on short notice as a wedding was booked at the same venue hours later.
N7xOe TIL that when William Jennens known as the "richest commoner in England" died in 1798, his estate became the subject of a legal dispute that lasted for well over a century until the entire estate had been swallowed by lawyers' fees.
epkMn TIL that 59,000 people die every year from rabies, most of them from dog bites in underdeveloped countries. Only fourteen people have been documented as survivors of this infection.
Opl6 TIL that the reason why development for the male contraceptive RISUG/VaselGel is so slow is because it will directly compete with the female birth-control pills and big pharma does not want that to happen.