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

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EgkbW TIL that the two stars of Kickboxer (1989), Jean Claude Van Damme (Sloane) and Michael Qissi (Tong Po) were both uncredited extras for the outdoor dance scenes for the movie Breakin’ (1984).
mxMDy TIL that North Korea is the only country with a 100% literacy rate according to UNESCO
7KBP TIL there’s a temperate rainforest in Russia that’s home to Leopards, Tigers, and Brown bears.
xVNkD TIL It took over 200,000 years of human history for the world's population to reach 1 billion, and only 200 years more to reach 7 billion
XEEMQ TIL the man who coined the phrase “a mind is a terrible thing to waste” briefly had Ted Bundy as his driver and bodyguard