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TIL Apple sold about 10 million more watches in 2019 than the entire Swiss watchmaking industry combined

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WkQA8 TIL Washington Redskins' owner Dan Snyder once cut down trees along the Potomac River so that he could see it from his house. The trees were located in a national park, and a ranger who raised concern about the issue was raided by US Marshals.....
p8rNG TIL That after successfully ditching his Airbus A320 in the Hudson River in 2009, Captain "Sully" Sullenberger was granted lifetime membership in the Seaplane Pilots Association.
9wpQQ TIL of Danette the cow that survived floating a 95km (59mi) journey down a river when she was washed out of her paddock during a flood
gMMgX TIL Baby Sand Tiger Sharks Devour Their Siblings While Still in the Womb.
LQrLP TIL about the Women's 1500m at the 2012 Summer Olympics, called "one of the dirtiest race in history", where six of the first nine finishers (1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th, and 9th) have been found to have been doping and the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th and 9th finishers were disqualified as of now.