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TIL more people died taking selfies (379) than from shark attacks (90) between 2008-2021.

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rNNRM TIL of Commander James H. Ward, the first US Naval officer to be killed in the American Civil War. A destroyer named after him fired the first American shots of the Pacific Theater in WW2, sinking a Japanese submarine. Actor Andy Devine is his great-grandson.
1W44 TIL that 3 marathon runners ran across the entire Sahara - that’s an equivalent of 2 marathons/day for 111 days, totaling approximately 4,000 miles! They started at the Atlantic Ocean in Senegal and ended at the Red Sea in Cairo.
Me7ya TIL half of the entire population of Australia lives in three cities Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane. There are only 46 cities and towns in Australia with over 30,000 people.
VRY8 TIL that only Somalia, South Sudan, and the US have not signed the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
wol7o TIL in1940, Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia, created a time capsule intended to preserve items for 6,000 years.Called the "Crypt of Civilization," it contains recordings of everyday sounds, copies of the Bible, scientific instruments, and more. It's scheduled to be opened in the year 8113.