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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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1Ovd TIL that Jim Abbott, a Major League Baseball pitcher for 10 years, not only won a gold medal in the 1988 Olympics, but also pitched a no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians in 1993 and was elected to the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007, all while only having one hand.
PYJyG TIL by the 1860s the population of freemen had already swelled to 500,000 in contrast to the nearly 4 million enslaved people, and they were some of the leading critics of the practice.
BgBpk TIL that Dave Grohl played drums on all of Tenacious D’s studio albums
KA5a TIL that at Russia’s “Black Dolphin” Prison, convicts arrive and are transported with blindfolds, bent over with their hands handcuffed behind them to disorient them and render them powerless. They’re only fed soup and bread. Guards are assisted by huge Caucasian Mountain Sheperds.
QJ9yE TIL Research shows that cats that are provided with empty boxes were more interactive, friendly and comfortable with the people around them as compared to those cats that did not have a box to snuggle in. So, it can be said that cats derive comfort and security from boxes.