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TIL the world’s oldest known creature, a 507 year old clam, was mistakenly killed by scientists.

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BgZkd TIL that, after Josef Mengele was exhumed and positively identified in Brazil, the Brazilian government repeatedly asked his family to take his remains back to Germany. They refused.
R5o46 TIL that from 1961 to 1993, 6 out of the 7 US Presidents were navy veterans.
5YORp TIL of Shizo Kanakuri, a japanese athlete who collapsed during the 1912 olympics marathon. Embarrassed, he went home without notifying race officials. He eventually came back to finish, with a time of 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 5 hours, 32 minutes and 20.3 seconds
9Zbp TIL Executive Outcomes, a South African mercenary company, successfully quelled civil war in Sierra Leone. The United Nations pressured Sierra Leone’s government to replace them with peacekeepers. Civil War quickly broke out again upon EO’s dismissal.
6EgD7 TIL there is giant, hot pink slug. It is only found in a single, isolated forest on an extinct volcano in Australia.