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TIL that a "Jellyfish Lake" exists in Palau, where millions of jellyfish evolved without stingers over thousands of years, allowing humans to safely swim alongside them.

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YjlZ TIL an Indian farmer discovered he had been declared legally dead when he tried to apply for a bank loan, then spent 19 years trying to prove to the government he was actually alive.
QNNb9 TIL the movie ‘My Neighbor Totoro’, which released in 1988, only had eight animators working on it for eight months.
M7DB8 TIL William ‘Billy’ Gohl aka ‘The Ghoul of Grays Harbor’ was not the worst serial killer of 20th century America, but a union leader of abused sailors who’d often wash up dead at the harbor, which he was framed for by the elite.
kwjg TIL the movie ‘Predator’ was written in response to a joke that since Rocky Balboa had no earthly opponents left, he would have to fight an alien if a fifth movie was made.
vvV8 TIL there is a race of African people called the Khoisan who are copper-skinned, have epicanthal folds (like “Asian” eyes), and have a high incidence of large butts and labia.