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TIL in 2016 the first adult great white shark (an 11.5-foot male) to ever be exhibited by an aquarium died after spending just 3 days in captivity.

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KOMMJ TIL the 2007 film "Paranormal Activity" is the most profitable film of all time with a 19,749% return on the initial investment of $450,000.
W7eEL TIL the London Jamme Masjid, a mosque in London's East End, was formerly a synagogue that was itself formerly a church in the past- consecrated as the Spitalfields Great Synagogue in 1891 and a Methodist chapel in 1819, showcasing the succession of urban migrants in the area.
4NVX TIL that during WWII the owner of Coca-Cola made sure “to see that every American in uniform gets a bottle of Coca-Cola, wherever he is and whatever it costs the Company.”
4X1Dw TIL Americanism is a Catholic heresy
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