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TIL Each year $470 billion of grocery coupons are distributed in the US. Only $3.7 billion is redeemed.

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XDwD TIL Bamboo has a growth rate of 100 cm in 24 hours
naRo TIL at 22 years old Titanic’s only surviving wireless operator Harold Bride stayed on the ship as long as possible sending SOS messages. After being rescued by Carpathia and suffering from frostbite he helped the rescue ship operator send surviving passenger messages.
e0K5L TIL that roundworms survived 30,000 years frozen in the Siberian permafrost. When thawed by scientists, they began moving and eating as usual.
wLnp1 TIL in 1714, a Norwegian captain and an English captain had a 14-hour long ship fight. Afterwards, both ships were badly damaged and the Norwegian captain was running out of ammo. He sent an envoy to the English ship, asking if he could borrow some of their ammo. They said no.
dDenr TIL Jerry Zucker, director of Ghost (1990) didn't want Patrick Swayze or Whoopi Goldberg to audition, saying "over my dead body will Patrick Swayze ever play this role." Patrick ended up securing the part and helped change Jerry's mind on Whoopi Goldberg...the role she would win an academy for.