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TIL: the majority of sold/produced oysters have an extra set of chromosomes making them sterile.

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LkEJZ TIL Finland schools allow students to work 3-4 hours a day. Standardized testing is illegal in Finland.
gMNWL TIL that when Spanish King Ferdinand II (funder of Columbus) went to war with the French over Naples, despite previously signing an agreement to partition the region, he said: "The King of France complains that I have twice deceived him. He lies, the fool; I have deceived him ten times and more."
b9rDE TIL the band Cannibal Corpse appeared in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective because Jim Carrey was a fan and wanted them. They declined at first because of a tour but agreed after production rearranged their schedule to accommodate them and when they met Jim "he rattled off lyrics to 'Rancid Amputation'."
wEr7 TIL Robert Downey Jr. was suspended from high school for stealing an Iron Man comic book from a classmate
4XA6N TIL The title of "World's Greatest Athlete" has been given to the person who wins the decathlon. This began when King Gustav V of Sweden told Jim Thorpe, "You, sir, are the world's greatest athlete" after Thorpe won the decathlon at the Stockholm Olympics in 1912.