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TIL Bank of America was intially called Bank of Italy

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yQ44a TIL there was a man eating Leopard who killed over 150 people in British India in the early 20th century. The leopard reportedly killed a victim once every 2–3 days, each time in a different area to the last, with the killings sometimes taking place 20–30 miles apart.
Rdw4 TIL the average human sperm cell or spermocyte contains about 37.5Mb of genetic data. So when orgasm occurs, roughly 1.5Gb of data is ‘ejaculated’ in about 3 seconds, a data transfer rate 6 orders of magnitude, or a few million times, faster than an average internet connection.
gMyA9 TIL that after the defeat of the confederate states many soldiers joined the Egyptian military in their attempted conquest of Ethiopia.
1mmX TIL the California Roll was invented in Vancouver, Canada. The rice on the outside of the roll was because Vancouverites didn’t want to eat seaweed.
A89l TIL alcohol is ranked higher than almost all drugs in terms of harm it causes