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TIL there are 60 condom factories in existence that supplies all of the world’s condoms.

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9yPr TIL that an Orca killed a Great White Shark near California’s Farallon Islands in 2000. The smell of the dead shark’s carcass caused all nearby great whites to vanish. A great white with a satellite tag in the area was seen to immediately dive to a depth of 500 meters and then swam to Hawaii.
VMoL0 TIL that Samuel L. Jackson has been in over 2 films per year since 1987, more often than not, exceeding that number.
GAWbG TIL there is a genetic disorder many people have with something called Lipoprotein (a), and it puts people at high risk of heart disease, heart attack, stroke, and aortic stenosis. It’s 100% genetic, can’t be corrected, and can only be treated with aggressive cholesterol control.
x6rGo TIL about Cathay Williams, the first African-American woman to serve in the United States military. She joined in 1866 under a male pseudonym of William Cathay.
1ppX TIL Daft Punk were admitted into the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and were individually awarded the rank of Chevalier, or knight.