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TIL More than 1 million Holocaust victims remain unidentified

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7rmJr TIL of beaked whales, a set of 22 species of whales with beaks like dolphins, some of which reach sizes of over 42 feet and which prey on colossal squid in the deep sea.
wojwW TIL a day on Mercury (a full rotation) takes twice as long (176 Earth days) as a year. A full revolution around the sun occurs every 88 Earth days.
6jpw TIL In 1939, the famous and notorious gangster, Al Capone donated two Japanese weeping cherry trees to the former Union Memorial Hospital in return for the excellent treatment and care he was offered and one of the trees still remains and blossoms outside the East 33rd Street entrance each spring.
x6ek TIL in 1951, a doctor took cells from Henrietta Lacks without her knowledge while she was being treated in Johns Hopkins’ Negro ward. HeLa cells have led to many medical advancements, and people have made millions off her cells. Yet, she is unknown & her family can’t even afford health insurance.
ydPw TIL Police found a man wearing a rucksack full of rocks who had been shot in the head, put into a sack, and fastened with cable ties before he hit the water. The death was ruled a suicide.