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TIL paparazzi in China are called the "puppy squad" ( 狗仔隊)

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N7g98 TIL, after being fatally shot in 1996, Tupac Shakur’s last and only words to assisting police were “fuck you”. He refused to say anything else.
pWDQ TIL that the water between India and Sri Lanka is only 3-30 feet deep and was purportedly passable on foot until 1480 AD when a cyclone moved some sand around.
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KwA9 TIL that in 1979, a woman jumped off the 86th floor of the Empire State Building and survived. A strong gust of wind blew her right back to the building at the 85th floor.
7rOep TIL that Terry Fox started a marathon across Canada to raise money for cancer research. Today the Terry Fox Foundation has raised over $750 million in his name