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TIL that EVE Online’s economy is so rich, that CCP (the developers) had to employ five full-time economists to keep things in balance and to prevent it from being unstable.

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4kmBN TIL that Baby Face Nelson killed more FBI agents than any other criminal in history.
wLvZJ Female whale sharks rule the oceans, reaching average lengths of 14 metres.
KAxw TIL that there are hundreds of people who suffer depression (and even suicidal thoughts), because Avatar (the movie) isn’t real and they can never go to Pandora.
e5ob TIL André the Giant was once in a Montreal bar when four drunken men started to taunt him. André finally got fed up and chased the four men out into the parking lot. When the four men got into their car, André simply grabbed the car, turned it over onto its roof with the four men inside, and left.
byap TIL that humans can breath liquid. 1989 human trials in Philadelphia administered total liquid ventilation to near-death infants, who improved remarkably and showed that their lungs could comply to the liquid.