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TIL that the events in DIE HARD were originally supposed to take place over three days but a Shakespeare play convinced them to do it in one night

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lda TIL that the world’s 15 largest shipping vessels produce more air pollution than all of world’s 750 million cars.
6bDW TIL Grigori Perelman, a Russian mathematician, successfully proved the Poincaré conjecture (one of the seven Millennium problems) in papers made available in 2002 and 2003. When his work survived review, he was offered a Fields Medal and the $1,000,000 Millennium Prize, both of which he turned down.
8ebmL TIL male dragonflies have two penises, and one of them is used to scoop out another male’s sperm from the female they want to mate with
wEeP TIL A child was born who was the nearest medical example of a virgin birth, most of his cells contained genetic material only from his mother
kOmKe TIL According to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council, hot dogs began being sold in packs of 10 to meet an ideal retail weight target per package, whereas hot dog buns are sold by 8 because baking trays normally can fit 8 rolls.