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TIL that George Clooney gave away 1 million dollars to 14 of his closest friends in a briefcase at a dinner party

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Yp6kW TIL in Germany in 2001, Armin Meiwes (AKA The Master Butcher) and his volunteer murder victim jointly attempted to eat the victim's severed penis. He then killed and ate a large amount of the volunteer’s flesh. His first trial sentence was only 8 yrs 6 mo (later increased to life).
VMA0Z TIL that in 2006, 75% of Chinese didn't know that sharks were killed to make shark fin soup. But now, 91% of Chinese support a nationwide ban, thanks to activism work by Yao Ming and others
7rV6P TIL that fully grown Sunflowers don't always face the Sun. The property of facing the Sun is observed only in the young flower heads and it stops as the flower matures. Mature Sunflowers generally face the east.
jByR TIL that a majority of ecologists are in favor of completely wiping out mosquitoes
VxAm TIL of Yi Qi, a small feathered and winged dinosaur. While many dinosaurs had feathers and what could be called “wings” in a sense, Yi Qi had a bat-like membrane connecting its third finger to its side, making it look like a real world dragon (or wyvern for pedantry).