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TIL in 2014 only 7 humans were killed by sharks while at least 63,000,000 sharks were killed by humans

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eOKE TIL that many Jewish families arrested during the Holocaust have been commemorated with gold bricks in the streets memorializing where lived. As of August 20, 2014, there have been laid over 48,000 Stolpersteine in 18 countries in Europe, making the project the world’s largest memorial.
ekaE TIL The lemon is actually a hybrid between a sour orange and a citron.
4N7R TIL pigeons can peck at a keyboard when they see yellow life vests floating in the water to signal helicopters to move closer to survivors at sea
b9DD0 TIL Soccer balls were originally black and white so they were easy to spot on television.
J1nbj TIL that former Spanish goalkeeper Santiago Cañizares missed out on the 2002 World Cup due to an accident with an aftershave bottle, which resulted in a severed tendon in his foot