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TIL Geese are the oldest known domesticated bird species

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QJO4e TIL 25 to 30 Percent of People Sneeze When Eating Dark Chocolate
1LPd TIL that in 2015 more people were killed from injuries caused by taking a selfie than by shark attacks
BgJrD TIL about Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart also known as the “ unkillable soldier “. He served in the Boer war, first and second world war. Was shot in his face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip and ear.
YXdZ TIL in 2013 there’s going to be a comet so bright that it may be visible during daylight hours.
a817L TIL that instant coffee was invented by a New Zealander named David Strang in 1889 — decades before it was "discovered" elsewhere. Strang, from Invercargill, patented a method for producing soluble coffee powder using a dry hot-air process.