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TIL Todd Field, the writer and director for films such as "In the Bedroom" and "Tar", is also the co-creator of the gum "Big League Chew"

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R5pL6 Til man has used herding dogs since the Neolithic age over 10 thousand years ago
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n7mB TIL the “Free North Korea Radio” broadcasts news of the outside world across the border from South Korea. It was founded by Kim Seong Min, who escaped North Korea by jumping off a train.
Ka6B TIL a Greenland shark was tagged off Greenland in 1936 and recaptured in 1952. Its measurements suggest that Greenland sharks grow at a rate of 0.5–1 cm (0.2–0.4 in) per year, thus the largest individuals may live about 200 years, making them among the longest-lived vertebrates on Earth.
Y7J8W TIL a 2005 Harris Interactive poll conducted over the phone asked U.S. adults if they always washed their hands after various situations. 91% said they always washed their hands after using public restrooms but when observers went to U.S. public restrooms they found only 83% of the people there did.