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TIL 5 puppies died during the filming of Snow Buddies due to virus in the cold weather of British Columbia

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08VR TIL that Sara Blakely, the inventor of Spanx, is the world’s youngest self made female billionaire and the first woman to sign the Giving Pledge, committing to give over half of her wealth to philanthropy.
j0Ov TIL That in 2007, renown violinist Joshua Bell once played 6 Bach pieces at a metro station in DC. He played some of the hardest songs ever on a $3,500,000 violin for 45 minutes, and made $32 with 6 people watching. He frequently sells out shows for $100 a piece. There was no applause.
Rjrw TIL that divers in the Dead Sea have to carry 90 pounds of weight to lower their buoyancy so they can descend
ADrpd TIL It took one month for the creator of Rubik's Cube, Ernó Rubik, to solve the puzzle after he created a wooden prototype in 1974.
b9rVa TIL: When a bee visits a flower it transfers charge; this affects the electric field in the vicinity of the flower. A second bee can sense this and determine from a distance if the flower was recently visited.