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TIL that New York City spent nearly $1 million on typewriters in 2009, mostly for the NYPD, which still used them to fill out property and evidence vouchers, which were printed on carbon-paper forms

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X0kej TIL obstetric forceps saved more lives than any other [medical] instrument
pv4Z TIL in 2000, a Great White Shark was killed by an Orca off the coast of California. All other Great Whites in the area suddenly disappeared. A tagged Great White showed researchers that within 1 hour of the attack, the tagged shark dove to 500m and swam 4000 kilometers to Hawaii.
ORXY TIL George Lucas got the word Jedi from Jidaigeki, which is a Japanese term for Samurai period Drama
ZDMR TIL Terrence Howard was paid more than Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man. He also believes the movie killed his career.
EGoP TIL there is a species of fish that lives on land all its adult life