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TIL more people have died drowning in molasses than died by coyote attacks.

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BAbb TIL: When it first came out, the film “Mr Smith Goes to Washington” was criticize by Washington Insiders for depicting the Senate as corrupt. Yet it was banned in countries like Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union for showing that Democracy works.
mx4bP TIL that a locked up, solar powered satellite computer was successfully turned off and on again by changing its trajectory to pass through the shadow of the moon
dDEyZ TIL - Germany is on a list of countries that the USA monitors for currency manipulation
aLRN TIL that the great white sharks are not on top of the ocean food chain any more. There is a unknown creature taking bites out of them! 50 great white sharks this past year have shown up half eaten.
NG9E TIL that sales of the Guy Fawkes mask — used by protesters all over the world as a symbol of their fight against government corruption and corporate power — all go to Time Warner.