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TIL there are 70,000 realtors in Toronto, Canada

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ONo7 TIL that the mathematician Pythagoras refused to ever eat or even touch beans. In fact, while being chased by attackers, he came across a bean field but refused to enter. His attackers promptly caught him and slit his throat.
8e9N8 TIL after a Taliban fighter shot down an American CH-47D Chinook, he boasted about it over his radio. Signals Intelligence identified the caller, and within two days, an F-16, a C-130, and two Apache Gunships used their combined firepower to kill him and five others.
jNb7X TIL that A team of paleontologists has discovered 17 million-year-old sperm inside tiny shrimp fossils encased in bat guano on the walls of a cave in Queensland, Australia
jNpWv TIL of Ervil LeBaron. He was the leader of a polygamous Mormon sect who ordered the killings of other sect leaders and members of his own family under "blood atonement." Some of his wives participated in the murders, there were at least 25 victims.
pND4 TIL that the ubiquitous voice of NYC subway announcements lives in Maine. Her name is Carolyn Hopkins and she is also the voice of 200 different airports.