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TIL casting away a ship carries the death sentence penalty

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oBoxr TIL Starbucks coffee is really, really caffeinated. A tall (12oz.) Starbucks coffee, which has 260 mg of caffeine, has the caffeine content of more than three Red Bulls.
WkRyL TIL that when Facebook moved into their new office that used to belong to Sun Microsystems, Mark Zuckerberg didn't replace Sun Microsystem's sign. Instead, he flipped it over and put Facebook's name on the front because "it demonstrates what can happen when you're on top but fail to innovate".
mO4o TIL That Bill Nye the Science Guy was a student of Carl Sagan at Cornell
Oo6Y6 TIL of the 'en viager occupe' system in France, in which the buyer pays a homeowner a fixed monthly sum until the homeowner passes away, then the buyer gets ownership of the house.
8OJZ TIL that Chris McCandless of Into the Wild fame, died from eating wild potato seeds.