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TIL that the United States has produced nearly 19 times more serial killers than the runner-up nation

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awYNL TIL that while orbiting comet 67P/Churyumov Gerasimenko, the Rosetta probe observed landslides, collapsing cliffs, as well as boulders tens of meters in size being thrown over 100 meters by violent geological activity.
OXDR TIL George V did not want his son Edward VIII to become King and told his private secretary that ‘After I am dead the boy will ruin himself in 12 months.’ After George’s death, Edward was King for 10 months and 3 weeks before giving up the throne.
rN7r1 TIL that over 10,000 people have won the 72 ounce steak challenge
v1d4x TIL that the oldest continuously operating Chinese restaurant in the US is not in New York or San Francisco, but Butte, Montana. Pekin Noodle Parlor opened in 1911 and is still open today.
Y7L5G TIL some sharks lay spiral shark eggs and others lay 'mermaid purses'. Some sharks are oviparous (lay eggs), some are viviparous (give birth to living young) and other sharks are ovoviviparous (the eggs hatch inside the mother before the young are born alive)