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TIL that cigarettes are the most littered items in the world.

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9wpYD TIL Julius Chambers of the New-York Tribune had himself committed to an asylum in 1872, and his account led to the release of 12 patients who were not mentally ill, a reorganization of the staff, and a change in the lunacy laws
BGGr TIL there is a golf course in Australia with full-grown bull sharks living in the water hazards
a8xOA TIL the owner and operator of the silk road was arrested at the San Francisco public Library when two fbi agents pretended to be quarreling lovers to distract him while his laptop was open. This was to prevent any deletion of data.
RD44 TIL Robert Watson Watt, pioneer of Radar, was caught speeding at the age of 64, by a cop with a Radar gun.
NXA6 TIL you need to have a net worth of 7.5 million to open a Panera