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

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jNJyQ TIL The "Miss Bumbum contest is a Brazilian annual pageant show which aims to find the best buttocks in the country."
Me0xb TIL The ancient Pompeians “did not have ‘perfect teeth’”, and were subject to tooth decay, gum disease, etc.
8ePkP TIL That Alexander Keith Jr, the nephew of the famed Canadian brewer, was a US confederate spy, blew up a freighter with dynamite for insurance fraud, was blamed for missing ocean liners, and had his severed head on display until it was destroyed by German bombing
QJZgM TIL in 2012 an Air Canada flight was grounded for four hours because a passenger’s cat got out of its carrier and hid in the cockpit.
jv5N TIL that after a dueling, it’s common for two male giraffes to have sex with eachother. Such interactions between males have been found to be more frequent than heterosexual coupling