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TIL: For every human killed by a shark, humans kill approximately two million sharks.

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PYmpV TIL of The World Islands located 2.5 miles off the coast of Dubai in the Persian Gulf. The 300 artificial islands range from 150,000 to 450,000 sq. ft. in area & consist of 321 million cubic metres of sand & 386 million tons of rock.
DByp TIL There is an evil counterpart to Santa named Krampus. Krampus physically beats bad children before sacking them away to Hell.
e0k6n TIL that broccoli is a man made vegetable. It’s a human invention made from wild cabbage.
neXQP TIL the HMS Belfast, which served in D-Day and fought in the Korean War, expected to be scrapped in 1967, so the Imperial War Museum, the National Maritime Museum, and the Ministry of Defence all decided that it'd be preserved. Now, it is a museum on the River Thames.
kJeeE TIL that in 1973, a jet plane ingested a Rüppell’s vulture while flying at its cruising altitude of 37,000 feet. This is the highest flight of a bird ever recorded.