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TIL One out of every 21 New Yorkers is a millionaire.

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N7oKM TIL in 2001, while performing the song "Two Step," Dave Matthews sang the words "Let it rain" and immediately the crowd was poured on by a violent rain and hail storm, which did not stop until the song concluded. This performance has now been called "Two Step in the Rain."
j6MkM TIL Longyearbyen, Norway is the world's northernmost settlement with a population greater than 1,000. There is a ban on cats, a monthly alcohol purchase limit, and a requirement to carry a rifle while outside for protection from polar bears.
eA96 TIL in the 90’s Johnny Depp was in a band called “P” with Butthole Surfers frontman Gibby Haynes. They played at The Viper Room (with Flea from RHCP) the night River Phoenix collapsed outside and died.
KML9 TIL: Like many deep-sea cephalopods, vampire squid lack ink sacs. If threatened, instead of ink, a sticky cloud of bioluminescent mucus containing innumerable orbs of blue light is ejected from the arm tips.
oB6OE TIL: The Salish Wool Dog is an extinct breed of dog that was bred to produce wool that was prized among the Northwestern Salish Tribe.