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TIL Saltwater Crocodiles are great swimmers, often spotted far out at sea, and even eat sharks.

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LngQ TIL: that when women were excluded from the World Anti-Slavery Convention of 1840 in London and forced to sit in a “no speaking section”, William Lloyd Garrison, the conference’s keynote speaker, refused to give his speech and sat with the women, “dominating the convention without saying a word”.
xlGD TIL the most shoplifted food in the world is cheese.
p8lYQ TIL that Afghani women are not entitled to personal names outside the confines of their homes. Nor are they allowed any record of their existence - anywhere - that uses a name, not even their tombstones.
bxaZ TIL of Pete Maravich. During an interview in 1974, he said, “I don’t want to play 10 years [in the NBA] and then die of a heart attack when I’m 40.” He died of a heart attack in 1988, at age 40, after a 10 year career in the NBA.
a8N4Z TIL that Goop, the wellness and lifestyle brand started by Gywneth Paltrow, sells a dildo made of 24 karat gold and stainless steel, at a price of $1,249 USD.