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TIL you are 100 times more likely to get bit by another human in New York City than you are to get bit by a shark at the beach

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grW0A TIL of Gregorio Dati (1362 – 1435), a Florentine merchant, public official, and diarist. He had 15 siblings, 4 wives, and 26 kids. He survived the Black Plague twice, and outlived 3 wives and 19 kids. He was consul of the Silk Guild, head of the Florentine Signoria, and overseer of an orphanage.
Z8rbp TIL That the province of Ontario in Canada has 250,000 lakes that contain around one-fifth of the world's fresh water.
16ZGr TIL 65-85% of white cats with blue eyes are deaf.
5YQa9 TIL J.K. Rowling wrote to Natalie McDonald, a leukemia patient, the ending of The Goblet of Fire a year early. She died before reading the email so Rowling named a character after her. That character was sorted into Gryffindor.
Eg5Zw TIL that in 2004, 1/3 of the men in the Pitcairn Islands were accused of assault. Their defense rested on the fact that British sovereignty of the islands was illegitimate, as the colonists were descended from Royal Navy mutineers. A new Court had to be created specifically to have jurisdiction.