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TIL of Peter Bergmann, aka the Irish Somerton man, a mysterious man who was found dead on a beach in Sligo, Ireland in 2009 with no ID, no documentation and no money, who had given a fake name and address at the hotel he was staying. He has never been identified.

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xPwb TIL A species of snail with a metallic armour of iron has been discovered living on the bases of a hydrothermal vent field in the Indian Ocean. Only living creature to have ax exoskeleton re-enforced with metal.
pone TIL that flying ants are ants that are mating; they lose their wings soon after.
11d8 TIL Victoria Woodhull was the first woman ever to be a candidate for the U.S. Presidency, and gained sizable support before being arrested for obscenity charges and expelled from the election.
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