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TIL Pistol Shrimp is one of the loudest animal on the earth.

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W71Dd TIL of Chalino Sánchez, a narcocorrido singer, who apparently received a death threat while performing, and was murdered after the show.
xVyx7 TIL that during the Watergate scandal, Martha Mitchel (then wife of Nixon's AG) was kidnapped, beaten and forcibly sedated by her husband's security detail to keep her from speaking to reporters
BLAW TIL that the number of people who travel in Indian railways every year is 8.3 Billion which is more than the population of the earth
NX8Be TIL Würstelstände (austrian sausage stands) began as mobile stalls in the Austro-Hungarian Empire to support disabled veterans. Stationary stands emerged in the 1960s, thriving near transit hubs and catering to night owls.
P15gJ TIL Sony implemented a marketing strategy for their Walkman by hiring young adults to walk around in public wearing a Walkman, offering intrigued passers-by the opportunity to test out the product.