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TIL that James Bond creator, Ian Fleming had it written into his contract at The Times newspaper that he would spend 2 months a year in Jamaica. It was during these breaks that he decided to turn his hand to writing books, working for 3 hours each day.

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0wmQA TIL Jean Keene, "Eagle Lady". An activist who fed bald eagles on her farm in Homer, Alaska. She fed an estimated 227kg of fish every day and environmentalists are concerned that she changed the eagles migratory pattern. Homer now forbids bird feeding as they have become a general public menace.
ab7Z TIL a poll in the year 2000, the Japanese believe that their best invention of the 20th century was instant noodles.
PY8ke TIL that goats, like us, have regional accents, and goats from different regions can have trouble understanding each other.
6NLm TIL that in the days after 9/11 Walmart purchased all available stock of American flags gaining a monopoly on the market.
KYGNa TIL: There is a study which researches the effects of exercising while high at CU Boulder. The researchers had a CannaVan that rode alongside runners. It proved that running while high is more enjoyable on a chemical level as it induces the same effects as a "runner's high".