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TIL that companies like Budweiser, Coors, Miller, Samuel Adams, Captain Morgan, and Coca-Cola sponsor a “Catch & Kill” shark fishing tournament that includes threatened species

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nnwY TIL Paul McCartney earns $400,000 a year off his Christmas song, which is widely regarded as the worst song he ever recorded.
5VJ6k TIL: Some migrating birds fly at high altitudes, reflecting light from the setting sun not seen at ground level during twlight, producing a glowing wave in the sky.
11pX TIL of Kazimierz Piechowski, an Auschwitz prisoner who learnt that his friend was to be executed, and thus escaped with him and 2 other prisoners by disguising themselves as SS, stealing an SS car, convincing the gate guards that they were SS and demanding they open the gate, and simply drove off.
wLJj7 TIL Sisuqo and Bob Newhart almost co-starred in a 2001 NBC sitcom together.
R0Q4 TIL in Ashgabat (capital of Turkmenistan), water, gas and electricity are free