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TIL Hunter S. Thompson terrorized Jack Nicholson on his birthday by playing the sound of a pig being eaten alive by bears and shooting at his house.

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Y9lB TIL Amazon owns the patent for purchasing things with a single mouse click
emJ5 TIL in 1807 the British Navy set up the “Preventative Squadron”. A growing unit of ships tasked with chasing down slave ships off the coast of Africa and freeing the slaves.
6Em0Q TIL George Miller, creator of the Mad Max movie franchise, also directed the family friendly films Happy Feet and Babe: Pig in the City.
MejkK TIL that crows can remember the face of their captors—even after generations.
R7N5Q TIL that only 14.5% of American men are 6 feet tall or taller. About 3% are taller than 6 feet 2 inches. Interestingly however, 58% of CEOs in the U.S. are over 6 feet.