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TIL the identity of the 'Somerton Man' was solved after 73 years, with the help of forensic genealogy

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9YdDM TIL that Picasso would carry around a revolver loaded with blanks and fire at people inquiring about the meaning of his paintings, his theory of aesthetics, or those he simply found to be dull.
dwM9 TIL Benjamin Franklin considered fishing “unprovoked murder” and refused to eat them, until he witnessed smaller fish in cod stomachs on a trip to New York, after which he reasoned “ if you eat one another, I don’t see why I mayn’t eat you…”
X0X08 TIL chickens can count and even do some artihmetic
GDmQ TIL more than a dozen men have stood on the surface of the moon, but only three have been to Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench, the deepest known spot in the ocean.
lopEG TIL That the British actor David McCallum, nowadays best known as Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard from the TV show NCIS, is a credited songwriter for Dr. Dre's hit song "The Next Episode" due to sampling a part of the song "The Edge".