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TIL Costco sells more than 100 million hot dogs a year. In 2015 it sold four times as many as are sold in all the major league baseball stadiums combined.

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kORZe TIL in 1991 a youth group in Denmark wrote to Gorbachev of Russia to ask for a free submarine. He said yes, and 3 years later they received a massive 76 meter (250 ft) submarine.
jAAM TIL Scientists have created a liquid, bulletproof armor that hardens upon contact
7rDLP TIL The Last Airbender is the Shyamalan's worst-reviewed film to date
E1dlp TIL that male cuttlefish disguise themselves as females to get past competing males and mate with females. If a male isn't as big and tough as other males vying to mate with a female, then he'll rely on cunning and stealth instead.
woel1 TIL NHL player Tim Horton (co-founder of the Canadian coffeehouse/restaurant chain) died at the age of 44 when he crashed his car while driving home after an NHL game in Toronto. His BAC was twice the legal limit, he wasn't wearing a seatbelt, and he had barbiturates in his system.