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TIL: Hummer sales fell 95% between 2006 and 2010.

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ZgaQ TIL traditionally Japanese ninjas did not always wear black, as this was more commonly depicted in kabuki theater, but instead would typically wear regular clothes that would allow them to easily blend in with commoners. They only wore black on certain occasions, usually when a mission was at night.
b9X60 TIL that Disney's 'A Bug's Life' was inspired by the Aesop fable 'The Ant and the Grasshopper' were the Grasshopper (who has spent all summer singing) begs the Ant for food (who has spent all summer storing it) when winter arrives, but he is refused
enk6 TIL a museum in Boston has not removed empty frames of stolen paintings from the walls after an art theft in 1990. The art stolen is worth 500 million, the largest property theft ever.
v18LD TIL Castaway that survived a record 438 days at sea is sued ‘for eating crewmate’
PYmMZ TIL Some people can experience Sleep Paralysis during waking up or before falling asleep. When it happens a person is aware but unable to move or speak. When it happens one may hallucinate: hear, feel, or see things that are not there.