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TIL in Alaska, lakes outnumber humans by more than 4:1
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TIL that famous science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov died as the result of an HIV infection from a blood transfusion given during triple-bypass heart surgery.
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TIL Approximately 73 to 100 million sharks are killed annually worldwide just for their fins. Primarily driven by the demand for shark fins as an ingredient of a status symbol soup.
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TIL that 50 years ago, the citizens of São Paulo were so upset w/ their government that they elected a female rhinoceros named Cacareco (meaning rubbish) to the city council in protest. She was the top vote getter w/ over 100,000 votes.
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TIL that the Secret Service has its own ink library which contains over 11,000 samples of ink, from all over the world, dating back to the 1920s.
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TIL one of the adversities that the Napoleonic army faced in Russia was the fact that the buttons of their uniforms may have turned to dust. Tin was the major metal used to make buttons and the bonding structure of tin atoms begins to change when temperatures drop below 13°C