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TIL there are no snakes in New Zealand

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VwL4 TIL that a Finnish sniper had over 705 confirmed kills. 505 of which were from his Mosin Nagant rifle, which he used only his iron sights. The rest of the kills were from his submachine gun.
m1rnp TIL Jim Varney caught the attention of Disney exec Michael Eisner at the Indy 500 in 1985 after appearing as "Ernest" and getting a much bigger reception than even Mickey Mouse, stunning Eisner. Varney had appeared in hundreds of commercials but this led to his first movie "Ernest Goes to Camp"
o4Er TIL the condoms supplied by The World Health Care Organization (WHO) to India are too big for over 60 percent of indian penises, making condom malfunctions occur 20% of the time.
a8Z0 TIL A man was trapped under his dead 224 lbs wife for 3 days after she fell down the stairs on top of him
0d4rR The iPhone X, which cost $999, contained so much components from Samsung that the company earned $110 per device sold