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TIL the United States is second behind China in the consumption of illegal animal products like ivory, rhinoceros horn and tiger blood

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BrOLL TIL that the monsters in the 2008 movie "Dark Floors" are actually a band from Finland called "Lordi" They made the movie after winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006
v1j9R TIL that Madagascar has faster internet speeds than Canada
grZKL TIL about Ken Warby, the fastest man on water. He set the speed record in his homemade, wood boat in 1978 at 317.6mph (551.1 km/h), a record that still stands today.
5lMk TIL that in 1959 a psychiatrist placed 3 patients all convinced they were Jesus on the same ward for 2 years.
GxK4 TIL that in 1986, a Soviet pilot made a bet with his co-pilot that he could land the airplane blind, with curtained cockpit windows. He crashed the plane into the landing strip, killing 70 out of 94 passengers and crew.