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TIL The USA has a law that allows citizens to occupy any unclaimed island in the world, as long as there is seabird or bat poop on it

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XBdP TIL Surviving an airplane crash is extremely common. A study detailing all airplane crashes between 1983 and 2000 showed 95.7% of all people involved survived. Even in the most devastating cases, the survival rate was 76.6%.
W7XZN TIL when a library buys an ebook, they actually are only able to buy a licence to loan out that book for about 1-2 years, or until the book is loaned a few dozen times. They also are forced to pay several times what a normal consumer pays for an ebook
ne8kG TIL Japan’s famous white tailed Nara deer are taking over Tokyo as tourists who provide 80% of their food are disappearing.
GYjlG TIL a British man called Paul Osborn listed his wife for sale online because he suspected her of cheating on him. Bids reached £510,000 ($969,890) before he removed the listing
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