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TIL: Now that Japan has ceased whaling, Norway kills more whales than any other country.

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L1Xr TIL in 1938 a revolver-camera was invented to take a picture just as the trigger was pulled.
b9D6j TIL researchers have found that the ‘spring forward’ to daylight savings time (i.e. putting your clocks forward an hour) causes a 6% increase in fatal car accidents in the US during the workweek following the adjustment, and results in about 28 additional deaths each year.
LQAOd TIL that Frank Caprio’s dad reprimanded him for refusing to forgive $300 in parking tickets to a single mom on his first day as a judge, inspiring his compassionate approach to justice throughout his career
OoYl1 TIL Benjamin Burnley, the lead singer of Breaking Benjamin, was asked by EA to speak positively of Star Wars Battlefront in exchange for money. His response: "They wanted to pay me to post that I like this piece of shit game. They can shove it up their ass. This game sucks..."
D1KxV TIL in 1974, a couple disappeared along with their yacht from the uninhabited Palmyra Atoll while vacationing. Theyd feuded with a man on the island, whose boat was not seaworthy and was out of supplies. 7 years later, the wife's body washed ashore Palmyra, and the man was convicted of her murder.