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TIL that UK charity parachute jumpers injure themselves so frequently that, for every £1 they raise for charity, they cost the public health system £13.75.

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d8ZPQ TIL The Rock travels with private gym of over 40,000 lbs. of equipment that over 100 crew members assemble at each film location
e09OE TIL Mother whales breastfeed via extendable nipples stored in slits adjacent to their genitals
rNamM TIL: Art was once an Olympic sport. This was proposed by Pierre de Coubertin (Founder of modern games) Between 1912 and 1948 medals were given out for sporting-inspired masterpieces of architecture, music, painting, sculpture and literature.
yVL8X TIL Mosquitoes are the most dangerous animal in the world, killing 725,000 humans per year through spreading diseases such as malaria. Only female mosquitos bite, making them the most dangerous.
N74JP TIL a dispatcher who told a woman to deal with a shot and dying boy herself later received a 25,000$ settlement after suing for being fired as a dispatcher.