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TIL that despite the blue-ringed octopus's deadly reputation, they have only managed to kill sixteen people so far.

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mxKkM TIL about auto-antonyms, which are words that can have 2 different meanings that are the opposite of each other. (For example, the word bolt, which can mean "to secure together" or "to flee")
GYPWj TIL that when lava gets erupted at the mid-ocean ridge axis it cools and turns into hard rock. As it cools it becomes permanently magnetized in the direction of the Earth’s magnetic field.
vP0JB TIL a Golden Arm is a craps player who has rolled for 60+ minutes without losing (rolling a 7). It was created in 1989 after a man rolled 118x over 3 hours 6 min without a 7. The casino lost more than $1m while the roller won $30K. In 2009, a woman rolled 154x over 4 hours 18 min to set the record.
BgKvr TIL that over half of the world’s internet users got online for the first time after 2010. As of 2021, there were about 4.9 billion internet users globally, up from 2 billion in 2010.
Dkwg TIL that while Nixon was on his way to a Syria, their fighter jets intercepted Air Force One to act as escorts, however the pilot was not informed and took evasive action, sending passengers flying throughout the plane.