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TIL that there are about three million shipwrecks lying on the ocean floor.

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xVDjD TIL In 2001, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) determined that English would, from then on, be the standardized language of air travel.
OoJ4Y TIL Rock Your Body and other songs were originally given to Michael Jackson for his 2001 album Invincible, but he turned it down. The rejected songs ended up on Justin Timberlake's debut album.
4XGPw TIL during WWII, 70–85 million people perished, or about 3% of the 1940 world population (est. 2.3 billion). More than half of the total number of casualties are accounted for by the dead of the Republic of China and of the Soviet Union. About 8.23% of Germany's population perished.
grr1W TIL that in the 19th century people formed Fat Mens Clubs that celebrated overeating and being obese
kYGm TIL that Ernest Hemingway used to hunt U-Boats in his fishing boat with direction-finding equipment, a machine gun and hand grenades.