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TIL In the 80s, Weird Al turned down $5 million dollars to promote a beer brand, since a lot of his fans were “young and impressionable.”

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VBRAZ TIL of the "Dukling" - the last of Hong Kong's original junks (east asian sailing vessel that uses bamboo battens to reinforce its sails, giving it a rib like appearance), still sails
wLwKo TIL that 93% of people who ever existed on this planet are now dead ,and about 50% of them were kiled by malaria.
xBBB TIL 14-year-old kidnap victim Shawn Hornbeck, while being held captive, Googled himself and found the website his parents set up for his search. He left an anonymous message there – “How long are you planning to look for your son?” – but no one knew he had been the author until after his rescue.
Y7axv TIL that dogs will generally align themself in a North and South direction while relieveing themselves.
wo8mP TIL The World Factbook, published by the CIA, lists Australia’s coastline at 25,760 km (16,007 miles) and Japan’s at 29,751 km (18,486 miles). The World Factbook is wrong according to other measures which put Australia's coastline at 66,530 km (41,340 miles)