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TIL: In the last 100 years, more people have been killed by a dog in each single year than the total killed by sharks for all 100 years combined.

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VML0k TIL The author of the Anarchist Cookbook, an infamous instructional book on homemade explosives, weapons, and drugs, regretted its publication. He attempted to have it removed several times, only to be thwarted by the publisher Lyle Stuart.
JapB TIL that the locations of the world’s tallest and oldest trees are kept top secret to avoid tourist crowds damaging them and their surroundings.
QJxE6 TIL of the 1971 QANTAS bomb hoax, where a $500,000 ransom was paid to disclose the location of a bomb onboard a QANTAS flight that would detonate if the plane flew below 20,000ft. There was never a bomb on board, and half the ransom is still unrecovered.
l7KyG TIL about Christopher Boodram, the lone survivor of the 2022 Paria diving tragedy. Chris and his crew mates were sucked into a 30 inch diameter pipeline in the North Sea. Chris’ body lasted 35 minutes on a 6 minute emergency tank.
0k65 TIL two 300-ton weights sit at opposite ends of the 58th floor of the Hancock Tower in Boston because occupants on higher floors were getting motion sickness during high winds.