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TIL in 1781 a slave ship threw 133 slaves overboard because they were sickly and wouldn’t fetch a good price. The owner took the insurance company to court to claim payment for the lost property and won.

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M77e7 TIL That there’s a cultivar of coconut called the Macapuno which is sweeter, full of jelly instead of water, and has less fat than most varieties.
9YREM TIL that when Nelson Mandela left the prison gates in 1990, one newsman shoved a modern microphone in his face. He recoiled slightly, wondering if it were some newfangled weapon that had been developed while he was in prison
1ylD TIL in Japan’s Shima Marineland aquarium, a goldfish was thrown into an exhibition tank to be live-bait for a larger fish. The goldfish escaped through a tiny gap that led to a filtration tank, where it lived alone in the dark for 7 years, feeding off food scraps that made its way into the tank.
JYkEm TIL: Echidna was a monster in Greek Mythology, half-woman and half-snake, she was the mother of Cerberus & the Sphinx
j6x7j TIL: In 1991 parents gave their son this name "Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116" and said it was pronounced ”Albin”. This was because they had failed to register a previous name in time & they received a fine of roughly $740 and got their revenge by registering a 43-character name.