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TIL about the theory of "the wisdom of crowds", where the median will be close, but the mean answer of a crowd of people will be closer to the correct answer.

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P1AeZ TIL that zombie worms bore into the bones of whale carcasses with their specialised root tissues
grZ04 TIL that tularemia is an infectious disease that can be contracted by “inhaling particles from an infected rabbit ground up [by] a lawnmower”.
90PX TIL that after being asked about the success of Shaun of the Dead, Simon Pegg replied “It’s not like I’m going to run off and do Mission: Impossible III!”. Two years later, he played the role of Benji in that exact film.
W7jKX TIL that women's restrooms have a little trash can in each stall so that people don't flush feminine products and clog up the toilets
XEOak TIL Rob Knox, who played Marcus Belby in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince was stabbed to death outside a bar in London while protecting his younger brother from two men, one of whom was armed with two knives. He was 18.