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TIL that the Bermuda triangle isn't statistically more dangerous than almost any other place on the world's oceans per capita, the traffic there is just much higher.

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VBo68 TIL there’s a Bavarian themed town in the Blue Mountains of Georgia
QJgea TIL a Japanese exchange student wearing a white tuxedo was shot and killed by a property owner after showing up by mistake at a wrong house for a Halloween party. His last words were "We're here for the party!". The court ruled the killer not guilty.
6497 TIL in Cameron’s Avatar, in the final battle sequence, Neytiri has a white hand print on her chest as part of her warpaint. It has five fingers, indicating that it is Jake’s hand (avatars have five fingers while Na'vi only have four).
orjK TIL that conspiring with another person to facilitate the seduction of a woman (be a wingman) is still an indictable offence in Tasmania, Australia.
xPy0 TIL African Americans have high rates of European, Native American and Chinese ancestry. For example, scientific analysis indicates that African Americans inherit about 14–17.7% of their ancestry from Europeans.