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TIL that owning the Sims base game and every Stuff Pack, Game Pack, and Expansion Pack costs over $785

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Z8XbR TIL of the immortal jellyfish, Turritopsis dohrnii. This jellyfish is biologically immortal. After mating, it reverts back to its adolescent state and can go through this cycle indefinitely.
9wg7G TIL that 80% of the rice consumed by the United States is produced domestically.
4kpAR TIL: "Jamaica Mistaica" is a song Jimmy Buffett wrote about the time Jamaican police shot his plane. The plane was also carrying U2's Bono when police, suspecting it was being used to smuggle drugs, began shooting. The plane (and its bullet holes) is now displayed at Buffett's Margaritaville.
1a5KP TIL a Filipino diver from the Badjao tribe can descend 65 feet to the sea floor and stay underwater for up to 5 minutes. Even without weights, he is negatively buoyant and can 'walk' across the bottom of the sea as if like hunting on land.
l7No1 TIL that O. J. Simpson's infamous Ford Bronco now sits in a crime museum in Tennessee, alongside other artifacts like the VW Beetle owned by serial killer Ted Bundy and a machine gun prop from the movie Scarface.