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TIL That in 2017 a conservative estimate of a 100 million sharks were killed by humans, while only 5 humans were killed by unprovoked shark attacks

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jv TIL In 2004, Maryland decided to impose a monthly fee of $2.50 on people who flush their toilets
X0JvP TIL: That the singer Gabrielle covers her eye because of ptosis, the drooping of one eyelid, a condition she has had since childhood. In public, she covers her eye with sunglasses, an eyepatch, a hat or hair.
N7r4E TIL that the scientists who first discovered the platypus thought it was fake. Although indigenous Aboriginal people already knew of the creature, European scientists assumed an egg-laying, duck-billed, beaver-tailed, otter-footed, venomous mammal had to be an elaborate hoax.
L700 TIL the coins collected from fountains barely pays for the cost of collecting the coins from fountains.
x6anw TIL that most imitation crab is made of Alaskan Pollock, a codfish of the North Pacific, and is commonly mixed with fillers of wheat and egg white.