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TIL that the average person only knows about 150 people at any given time.

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epNKg TIL in 2002, actor Don Johnson was caught with $8 billion USD worth of credit notes, statements and securities on the Swiss-German border. They were later found to be assurances from film investors
doyK TIL the morning of Super Bowl XLI, Don Mischer asked Prince if he would be ok to perform in the rain. Prince responded simply, “Can you make it rain harder”?
E7Bo TIL During World War 2, Allied submarines would lie on beds of pistol shrimp. The snapping sound made by the shrimp was so loud, it stopped the submarines from being picked up on Japanese sonar.
XQEP TIL that the USA had 1,104 shark attacks between 1958-2014; 35 fatal. Australia only had 665 shark attacks during the same time frame, with 232 of them fatal.
V1om TIL the pineapple plant only produces one fruit per plant and then dies.