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TIL, Ming the clam lived to be 507 years old.

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6xPZ TIL that Nelson Mandela’s daughter has been ordered to pay boxing promoter $7.5m after failing to stage Mayweather-Pacquiao megafight
0wyoj TIL that there is a intersection in Manchester that many people did not like as pedestrians had to wait for ages for traffic lights. Someone had the idea to remove all the traffic lights and crossings. Instead of wrecking havoc, drivers paid more attention,collisions and incidents declined.
4X585 TIL The Royal Clipper is a cruise ship that is built on the lines of the Preussen – a five mast sail ship that was built in the year 1902. At present, the Royal Clipper is regarded to be the world’s largest sailing ship with five masts that are rigged fully.
xVe61 TIL since 2011, NOAA has required the use of thinner, weaker hooks, in the Gulf of Mexico, that straighten to release large bluefin tuna before they die of exhaustion on the line, which resulted in 75% less dead, discarded fish in the Gulf.
0aaj TIL that the photographer who took Abraham Lincoln’s photo on the $5 bill is better known for inventing a pump-action folding shotgun.