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TIL that there is no certain proof about how Repulse Bay in Hong Kong got its name.

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M7kd7 TIL that bystanders are less likely to intervene in emergency situations as the size of the group increases, and they feel less personal responsibility.
NLYb TIL that there is a place in the Pacific Ocean where Russian satellites used to crash that is called the spacecraft cemetery. The famous Mir space station crashed in this area in 2001.
G0k7 TIL that a recent study found that women remember penises as being larger than they really were/are.
xjrb TIL that five-year-olds that have four or more servings of soda daily are 100% more aggressive than those five-year-olds that don’t drink any soda according to a study by Columbia University.
woLM6 TIL in 2004, every single Billboard Hot 100 number 1 hit was made by a Black artist.