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TIL In 2012, the NOAA was forced to publish that Mermaids weren’t real. This was due to a Sci-Fi program on Animal Planet claiming that a Mermaid’s body had been found on a beach. Some believed it and contacted the NOAA, making them state: "No evidence of aquatic humanoids has ever been found,".

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JY5Rl TIL that Karl Marx's Great Great Grand-son is a sponsored professional freerunner.
wkmo TIL Danish comedian Jacob Haugaard who promised more Nutella to army field rations, less sex in school staff rooms, more tail winds on bicycle lines etc. was elected to the Parliament of Denmark in 1994. During his mandate he often had the deciding vote in a hung parliament.
d8lnB TIL the Ford LTD's name does not stand for Limited, but for Lincoln Type Design.
J4l TIL In 1968 in the midst of the Cold War a US B52 carrying four hydrogen bombs crashed onto sea ice in Greenland. The nuclear payload ruptured and dispersed, resulting in widespread radioactive contamination
kQ8W TIL in July 2013, Thailand began planting millions of trees by dropping “seed bombs.” The five-year pilot project utilizes aerial reforestation to boost forest regeneration by 2017.