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TIL the company who made Clash of Clans is worth more than Evernote, Eventbrite and Buzzfeed combined, and generated $2.3 billion in revenue in 2015.

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xX4o TIL - There’s a Christmastime tradition practiced in Newfoundland where people dress up in wacky costumes, knock on neighbours doors, sing using inward breathing and get drunk together.
ANDra TIL there is an earthquake zone in southern Missouri, and there was a magnitude 7.0 earthquake there in the early 1800s. The nature of the bedrock there means quakes can shake an area 20x bigger than quakes in California. There is a 1 in 10 probability of another in the next 50 years
R78N7 TIL about the Sacred Band of Thebes. A elit military unit in ancient Greece which consisted of 150 pairs of gay lovers. They were feared and honored as the best warriors in all of Greece and even won against the then Greece superpower Sparta.
BrMPy TIL That the first Christmas party held at the US Embassy in the USSR featured three performing seals, who came into the room balancing a Christmas tree, a tray of glasses, and a bottle of champagne. Afterward, the seal's trainer (quite drunk), passed out, and the seals galloped freely in the house.
LQlrQ TIL at least five people have invested professional time studying extinct amphibian teeth - and four still have unanswered questions