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TIL There is an optimal pattern to solves Where’s Waldo

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kOYYE TIL that Annie Oakley was such a great shooter that she could repeatedly split a playing card, edge-on, and put several more holes in it before it could touch the ground, while using a .22 caliber rifle, at 90 feet.
4Edg TIL that if you live long enough, you will eventually develop Cancer
5VoV8 TIL that (adjusted for inflation) the seven highest-grossing James Bond films star either Sean Connery or Daniel Craig
kJKY1 TIL Early Hominins (~3–4 million years ago) showed high levels of sexual dimorphism, with males significantly larger than females, like modern gorillas. Over time, with the emergence of genus Homo, size dimorphism decreased, approaching the more moderate levels seen in modern humans.
nOZW TIL that a motorway in Ireland was delayed by 10 years and then rerouted to protect a tree that was thought to belong to fairies.