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TIL that two small lakes exist in Upstate New York that are essentially devoid of oxygen.

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yQAeM TIL Marlon Wayans was cast as Robin in Batman Returns. Producers decided that, with The Penguin and Catwoman, the movie was too crowded and decided to cut out Robin. Despite not getting to actually play the role, Wayans was still paid $100,000 and receives royalty checks up to this very day.
lZv1 TIL Shaquille O'Neal is a sworn in Miami Beach police officer and has arrested two men for aggravated assault. He is compensated with a $1 a year salary.
vPdyx TIL about the Kissinger death tontine and now someone has won "a selection of liquors from countries where Kissinger has overthrown the democratically elected leader."
wLMMJ TIL: Fawns are born relatively odourless as a defence mechanism.
WkgB4 TIL that in a 2017 criminal case, the US government put the secrecy of its hacking tools above all else. Prosecutors chose to drop all charges in a case of child exploitation on the dark web rather than reveal the technological means they used to locate the anonymized Tor user.