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TIL That 38% of world wide unprovoked shark attacks occur in Florida.

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R7gy9 TIL In 1950, myxoma virus (a type of pox virus) was deliberately released into the rabbit population in Australia as a means of population control, causing the death of over 500 million rabbits
mrAp TIL that in 1848 a panorama of Cincinnati was made using a special type of photo called daguerreotypes. In 2007, researchers discovered that each frame had detail equivalent to a 140 gigapixel digital photo.
nl6G TIL that M. Night Shyamalan chose not to direct the movie for the Life of Pi because it “has kind of a twist ending.”
7jbp TIL aged five, Phil Collins entered a talent content at Butlins singing The Ballad of Davy Crockett, stopping the orchestra halfway through to tell them they were playing in the wrong key
JVLB TIL the United states never ratified two protocols of the Geneva convention including the outlaw of indiscriminate attacks on civilian populations.