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TIL there are more than three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor.

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VBdak TIL a locket containing a picture of Mother Teresa allegedly healed an Indian woman's abdominal tumor. The Vatican deemed it a miracle worthy of canonization, while doctors argued that the cancer was cured by conventional medicine.
neyeb TIL During the 1930’s IBM created a census for Nazi Germany identifying Jews, Gypsies and other ethnic groups by their nationality, gender and occupation which helped the regime significantly to organize and slaughter millions of innocent lives.
p8M7O TIL Al Pacino improvised the look of his character Big Boy Caprice in 1990's Dick Tracy
wk7J TIL the creator of Budweiser had a few drops of the beer placed on the tongues of every one of his newborn sons just hours after birth. They tasted Budweiser before their own mother’s milk.
VBn0p TIL the former president of a European country alleged he was abducted by aliens