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TIL there are more than three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor.

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PY8BV TIL that to punish tree thieves who cut down trees illegally, some cities spray trees with fox urine around Christmas time. It freezes on them and is odorless outdoors, but would stink up your whole house if brought indoors; the smell is "eye-watering."
9w5yD TIL that “the beard second” is a unit of length, defined by the distance an average beard hair grows in one sec. Inspired by & parodying the light year, it’s generally considered to be five nanometers, as a “standard” beard grows about 15cm (6 in) per year.
R5g7Q TIL that while Harland Sanders was a real person, he wasn't a real Colonel. He received the honorary title of Kentucky Colonel when he was 44. He didn't found KFC until he was 61 and he lived to be 90.
aK0N TIL: A NOOK is a small corner formed by two walls; an alcove or recess, forming a hidden or secluded spot. A CRANNY, by comparison, is small, narrow opening, fissure, or crevice in a wall, or other substance.
lorv1 TIL of highway robbery. 50 k/31 miles of highway was stolen, with over 7000 concrete slabs dismantled and sold for private profit by an official in Russia's Komi region