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TIL Pirates stole internet cable and sold it as scrap causing most of Vietnam to get far slower internet access

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Bgwxy TIL that largest flying creature on earth was an Azhdarchid Pterodactyl named Arambourgiania. It's wings were 12 to 13 meters.
D1DjD TIL red kiwi fruit have been spawned
VWb8 TIL: Sabrina Erdely (the lady who wrote the Rolling Stone UVA Rape hoax) wrote a story for Rolling Stone in 2011 about a boy who was raped by 2 priests and a school teacher. All 3 were sent to jail. Turns out the story was also false.
Wk8kd TIL actor Danny Trejo has the most on-screen deaths of anyone in Hollywood history, with 65. Followed by Christopher Lee (60), Lance Henriksen (51), Vincent Price (41), Dennis Hopper (41), Boris Karloff (41), and John Hurt (39).
1aPor TIL Karoshi, which can be translated literally as "overwork death", is a Japanese term relating to occupational sudden mortality. The phenomenon of death by overwork is also widespread in other parts of Asia. 745,194 deaths worldwide were attributable to long working hours in 2016, based on WHO/ILO.