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TIL that no Great White Shark has ever lived longer than 198 days in captivity. Before 2004, 16 days was the record.

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erkL TIL there is a rare fiber called Cervelt that is produced by New Zealand red deer and is softer than cashmere. Only 20 grams of this fiber can be collected yearly per deer and it is used to make luxury socks that cost $1,500 a pair.
GANL5 TIL, "Ratfucking" which means the pillaging of the most desirable part of Meal, Ready-to-Eat (MRE) is common in the US military. In this situation, the more senior personnel will open up the packages, take the best ones of each MRE packages while leaving the trash ones for the newbies.
gd77 TIL that NCAA player George Glamack (AKA “the Blind Bomber”) had such poor eyesight that he never looked where he was shooting. Instead, he looked at the black lines on the court to know where he was in reference to the basket and measured the shot. He scored the forth-highest total in UNC history.
OG4rY TIL that in the 90s, Disney proposed a live-action version of Star Blazers (Space Battleship Yamato) using the USS Arizona as the main vessel instead of Yamato
XEewD TIL a 2013 BBC study found that 56% of pilots fell asleep while flying, and 29% had woken up to find the co-pilot also asleep.