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TIL that during a dissection of a mother tiger shark, a scientist was reaching into the birth canal and was bitten by a tiger shark embryo, which are notoriously cannibalistic. This is the only recorded instance where someone was bitten by an unborn animal.

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16oQ8 TIL that the Welsh Labour Party holds the longest winning streak of any political party in the democratic world. It has consistently been in the biggest party in Wales at every election since November 1922.
p8m9b TIL that Super Mario Bros. was so popular that in 1985 a Strategy Guide for the game was the best-selling book In Japan for two years straight
78wdP TIL in the South Korean real estate market, a renter must make a lump-sum deposit on a rental space, from 50% to 80% of the market value, which is then returned at the end of the lease term.
odNL TIL that Mel Gibson advised Heath Ledger not to accept the role in Brokeback Mountain because it would “ruin his career,” and then stopped talking to him after he accepted the part.
QP1L TIL that a gold $20 coin deflected a bullet that saved Lt. George Dixon’s life, and forever more became his lucky coin. The coin was found 137 years later in the sunken wreckage of the Confederate submarine, H.L. Hunley