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TIL The most common fish in the world is one that you probably never heard of

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xVxD TIL Mossad agents kidnapped a Nigerian man in London in 1984, and tried to extradite him by drugging him, placing him in a crate, and shipping him abroad as diplomatic luggage. As they did not label the crates correctly, the crates could be and were searched, and the plan was foiled.
P6YE TIL the tiny island of Nauru became the world’s richest country per capita in the 60s by mining its phosphate reserves. The country blew it on spending & bad investments (e.g.“Leonardo the musical”). It’s now the ~135th richest country, with 40% diabetes rate and a wrecked environment due to mining.
l9LA TIL it is illegal in many countries to perform surgical procedures on an octopus without anesthesia due to their intelligence
x6rAk TIL the original version of Ding-Dong The Witch Is Dead reached number one on iTunes in the UK upon Margaret Thatcher‘s passing.
xD57 TIL H. Jon Benjamin (voice of Archer and Bob from Bob’s Burgers) has an entire jazz album where he plays piano, despite not knowing how to actually play piano.