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TIL in 1916 New Jersey experienced numerous shark attacks, one shark even swam inland through a creek to kill two people.

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400N TIL that alcohol is prohibited in the UK Parliament with one exception: the chancellor can drink while delivering the annual budget statement.
mEwv TIL:GM knew alcohol was the best anti-knock additive for gasoline before the invention of lead additives. They purposely used a poison instead, because alcohol was cheap and could not be patented.
Br1Wd TIL the man who is credited with launching America’s fitness revolution and popularizing jogging’s health benefits died of a heart attack while jogging.
8aWPV TIL it was legal in Missouri to kill Mormons on sight until 1976
KLJ TIL the Coriolis Effect can be visualized on a merry-go-round aka roundabout, by throwing a ball to a fellow rider directly across from you. To him it will appear to curve opposite of the way you are spinning, although to a viewer not on the merry-go-round it appears to fly straight.