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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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Qy7a TIL that the Indian serial killer Thug Behram is credited with murdering 931 people. He was executed in 1840.
Q51M TIL: Of the 34 countries with the highest birth rates in the world, 32 are in Africa
9YMBM TIL In some Asian cultures such as Korean and Japanese cultures, the practice of responding to another person's sneeze does not exist.
7e1L TIL that Devin Gaines earned 5 bachelor degrees with honors simultaneously at the University of Connecticut, averaging 24 credits/semester and 3 hrs of sleep/night. He drowned in 2007 because he didnt know how to swim.
LQWmd TIL that, since 2009, Alaskan finishers of the Iditarod race can get a custom license plate