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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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WkxW4 TIL people have composed music specifically for cats, and cats actually seem to like it.
16RJ8 TIL James Earl Jones and Carrie Fisher never met until they made cameo appearances in an episode of The Big Bang Theory
VDlG TIL in 1955 a woman in Morocco went into labor, and needed a c-section. Terrified of the surgery she fled the hospital and never gave birth. 46 years later, stomach pains revealed the now calcified ‘stone’ baby in her womb.
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Z8aB4 TIL Sir Anthony Hopkins is renowned for his preparation of roles, sometimes memorising a script more than 200 times. In the movie Amistad, he memorised a seven page courtroom speech and recited it in one go. Because of this, Steven Spielberg insisted on calling him Sir Anthony instead of Tony.