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TIL the shark in Jaws was named Bruce, after Spielberg’s lawyer

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V19B TIL - The first webcam watched a coffee pot. It allowed researchers at Cambridge to monitor the coffee situation without leaving their desks.
eBxE TIL there are more Subway restaurants than McDonald’s
R7gy9 TIL In 1950, myxoma virus (a type of pox virus) was deliberately released into the rabbit population in Australia as a means of population control, causing the death of over 500 million rabbits
6D5w TIL people have been found dead casually sitting next to open electrical equipment - they got a fatal shock to the heart but sat down because they only felt a little lightheaded
v1ZdD TIL in 2007, Iran arrested 14 squirrels for spying.