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TIL that Agatha Christie was a surfer, and was probably among the first Brits to learn to surf standing up.

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ADJpg TIL that on the day of the Deepwater Horizon explosion, officials from BP were on board to congratulate the crew for "7 years of operations without a time-loss incident"
LY8p TIL there was a cloning project to revive the extinct Pyrenean Ibex, which resulted in a female being cloned back into existence. However, it died 7 minutes later, making the species extinct again.
1a7OP TIL that a company in England accidentally sent letters to some of their wealthy customers that began “Dear Rich Bastard” and one customer complained who did not receive the letter because he felt that his wealth warranted the “Rich Bastard” title
Xr8R TIL After Kim Dotcom, creator of megaupload, had his house raided by authorities he used the footage to create his own music video
GAv1Q TIL body cameras are being marketed for hospital workers in the U.S. and there are privacy concerns that this will cause footage of a patient's most intimate and private moments to be accessible by numerous hospital employees, hackers, and criminals.