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TIL Sony makes most of its profit from selling insurance. Although it's not sold in the US, 63% of total profits came from its insurance products (sold in Japan) in 2013.

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QLe6 TIL Most tropical fruits, avocado, papaya, durian, were eaten by animals that no longer exist and should, evolutionarily, also be extinct
Yplor TIL about the "Upside Down Boat Village" in France. Equihen-Plage, a former fishing village on the English Channel with a dry harbor, became a stranded port at the start of the 20th century. Poor families living in the village recovered the boat hulls to build makeshift shelters for themselves.
1a5nr TIL that All humans have the ability to see ultraviolet light, but it is passively filtered out by the eye’s lens. Patients who undergo surgery to remove the lens can detect ultraviolet light.
e0Nyg TIL The most popular song in the world is an Irish rebel tune: the Wolfe Tone’s version of “A Nation Once Again”, according to a dubious 2002 poll by the BBC
J1mk TIL there is a bog here in Florida that was an ancient burial pond and contains human remains that were buried almost 2000 years before the first pyramids. The skeletal remains were preserved so well that they managed to collect soft brain tissue from the skulls.