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TIL there is a mermaid bar in Montana with an underwater viewing window to watch "mermaids" while you drink

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b96YZ The rise of Genghis Khan and the Mongolian empire was responsible for the annihilation of an estimated 40 million people, but there were clearly more than a few conquests off the battlefield as well. A 2003 study suggests that 1 in 200 men are direct descendants of Genghis Khan. Studies of Y-chromosome data found that almost 8 percent of men living in the former Mongolian empire carry nearly identical Y chromosomes. Researchers believe this is attributed to a unique set of social selection circumstances put into play by the spread of the Mongolian empire. In this week’s "Today I Learned," research scientist Albert Lin elaborates on Genghis Khan as a romantic.
ORv7 TIL of Len Koenecke, a pro baseball player who got drunk on a flight and picked a fight with the pilot. The pilot bashed him over the head with a fire extinguisher killing him.
Akya TIL the free market value of cocaine, worth $1,000 on the black market, is $20.
YpYLd TIL about sailors who discovered a dead German sailor during the Clipper Boat Race
kJLAB TIL that North Koreans abducted dozens of Japanese which they apologise for in 2002.