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TIL Harvard once spent$ 100M on vineyards
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TIL at 107 years old, the original "man in the monster suit" who played Godzilla is still alive.
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TIL an Albatross (bird) can sleep while flying to avoid predators such as whales and sharks.
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TIL whilst working as a marine-biology teacher in 1986, Stephen Hillenburg was asked to create an educational comic about anthropomorphised sea life. He later adapted the characters within it, such as "Bob the Sponge", into one of the most popular and longest-running children's series of all time.
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TIL that the United States is only one of nine countries that guarantees the right to bear arms. The others are Armenia, Columbia, Guatemala, Lithuania, Mexico, Moldova, Switzerland, and Yemen.
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TIL that Kim Jong-il supposedly shot a 38 under par in golf his first time trying the sport. A feat that required no less than 5 hole in ones. The accomplishment is 25 shots better than the world record. Having been satisfied with his preformance, he promptly retired from the sport forever.