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AVM4 TIL: Bamboo sharks can survive on land for 12 hours, and have known to have virgin births
pkwO TIL when de Gaulle withdrew France from NATO and ordered all US troops out, Secretary of State Dean Rusk asked him for clarification, “Does your order include the bodies of American soldiers in France’s cemeteries?”
xZwo TIL It takes cash and assets worth $68,800 (£48,300) to get into the top10%, and $760,000 (£533,000) to be in the 1%. That means that if you own an average house in London without a mortgage, you are probably in the 1%
78eb TIL there is a website called Globe Genie that will randomly teleport you somewhere in the world on Google Maps in street view.
W0xd TIL that the Six Flags in New Orleans has been untouched since it was abandoned after Hurricane Katrina. The rides and games have been rotting away since.