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TIL more people are bitten by New Yorkers each year than sharks.

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DOJJ TIL There is a restaurant in Spain that grills its food over a volcano
gMjG8 TIL that the world's oceans/seas can and often do have distinct NATURAL borders (clines). Not just nebulous boundaries drawn on maps, large bodies of water can differ so greatly in substance & salinity that there can be a distinct, vivid line between even WHOLE OCEANS, e.g Pacific vs. Atlantic!
X0Oo6 TIL that by 1912, a typical electric car cost almost twice as much as a mass-produced gasoline Ford Model T.
nWm77 TIL in 1972 US Senator Thomas Eagleton was forced to withdraw as a Presidential runningmate because he had sought treatment for depression
WlpX TIL that a 2011 survey conducted by Swiss firm Logitech found that 2% of lost TV remotes end up outside/in the car. Additionally, 4% of remotes end up in the fridge, and 8% end up in the bathroom