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TIL that humans are killing 100 million sharks every year (per 2018) and that the consumption of shark fin soup, primarily in China and Vietnam, is the biggest reason behind the massive figure, contributing directly to the killing of almost half of the sharks.

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e0w6J TIL that before 2017 the highest timed speed on a public road was set in 1938 by a Mercedes-Benz, reaching a speed of 433 km/h.
Lrn9 TIL Britain used the Australian outback as a nuclear testing ground, exploding seven Atomic Bombs at Maralinga in the south-west Australian outback.
QJbB9 TIL that one of the ingredients of Worcestershire Sauce use ANCHOVIES
rNJMx TIL the dumb and dumber mocking bird song is a real song.
Rmw7 TIL members of the band “Good Charlotte” protested against KFC’s treatment of chickens. Then in 2012 and 2013 appeared in a number of KFC commercials in Australia and even tried to set a world record for eating KFC on “Australia’s Got Talent.”