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TIL Since the year 1580, there have only been 660 fatal shark attacks.

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wNoP TIL of Harald Hadrada, a Viking who fled from his native Norway to Russia, then went on to become an elite guardsman in Eastern Roman Empire and fought in Iraq. He then went back to Russia to marry a princess, and arrived back in Norway as a king, and finally invaded England with his army.
0wGeR TIL in 1917, 1,300 miners went on strike in Bisbee, AZ over unsafe working conditions, low pay, and long hours. The mining company hired 2,000 men and loaded the strikers at gunpoint into cattle cars for a 16 hour trip through the desert without food or water and left them in New Mexico.
E1Gx TIL: Orgasms provide multiple health benefits, including lowering your risk of prostate cancer. Why would you participate in “No Fap September”?
kOYv4 TIL Bulimia is so rare outside of western countries that the first recorded case in India resulted in a scientific publication
1jV TIL: The CEO of Life Lock (identity theft protection) posted his social security number to the public to show the effectiveness of his company. His identity was stolen 13 times.