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TIL that more than three billion people rely on the ocean to make a living

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16v5X TIL Japan recounted its islands and found 7,000 it didn't know it had. There are now officially 14,125 islands in Japanese territory.
M7eJB TIL: After seeing The Doors perform in 1967, Iggy Pop was inspired to push the boundaries of his stage performance. He was one of the first musicians to stage dive. On several occasions, he took massive amounts of drugs, exposed himself, rolled around in glass, cut himself, and threw objects.
ZpeOa TIL: William S. Burroughs killed his wife while playing William Tell. She stood 3 meters away from him with a drinking glass on her head. Meaning to shoot the glass, Burroughs shot her in the head. He dismissed the killing as being performed by an external force that wanted to control him.
G4bN TIL of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was charged and executed in 2004 for allegedly setting his house on fire to murder his 3 children in 1991. All the evidence against him was debunked by experts in fire investigations 5 years later.
pYGe4 TIL about the Nauruan Civil War. It went on for 10 years, killed more than 1/3 of the population and ended when the German's intervened. Shortly afterwards, it was annexed by Germany.