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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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Dvov TIL Richard the Lionheart had 3,000 captured Muslim prisoners (including large numbers of women and children) taken to a hill. There, in full view of Saladin and his army, they were beheaded and disemboweled. Even in an age of atrocities, this was an act of exceptional and shocking barbarity.
EX5W TIL Jerry Seinfeld had over 40 failed relationships on “Seinfeld”.
l7odG TIL British and Commonwealth Bomber Aircrew suffered a 44% fatality rate in WWII. By 1943, only 1 in 40 would survive two tours (30 missions per tour).
ROYl TIL: When “Dune” came out in 1984, several theaters handed out a laminated cheat sheet to try to minimize audience confusion.
Z8W6p TIL Tsuyama massacre (1938) was the deadliest shooting by lone gunman in Japanese history. This happened because women in village rejected his sexual advances. So, 21 years old Mutsuo Toi went rampage and killed 30 people with his shotgun, axe and katana. Toi's grandma was also one of the victims