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TIL about lithopedions : stone children - Unborn calcified foetuses

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DOlD TIL that we are in the middle of the sixth mass extinction called Holocene extinction
pYx4O TIL about German sub U-215 which sunk in 1942 off the coast of New England and south of Nova Scotia, in Canadian territorial waters. Four of her five hatches are still sealed with the remains of 49 German sailors entombed within.
vLVD TIL Grave of the Fireflies is based on the authors own experiences as a child and was written as a personal apology for not being able to save his younger sister Keiko.
ANpKl TIL that in 1991, U.S. Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Mike Basham learned that Salomon trader Paul Mozer had been submitting false bids in an attempt to purchase more treasury bonds than permitted by one buyer during the period between December 1990 and May 1991. Salomon was fined $190 million.
9YbrD TIL about I'll Do Anything, a 1994 James L. Brooks film that was originally filmed as a movie musical, featuring songs by multiple artists including Prince. After negative test reactions to the music, Brooks cut out all the numbers and spent seven weeks adding and re-editing new scenes for the film.