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TIL There is an abandoned Russian cruise ship roaming international waters.

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8a8e8 TIL that after the murder of civil rights activist Medgar Evers in 1963, his alleged murderer was tried by an all-white jury who deadlocked twice and failed to convict. In 1994, Evers was discovered to be so well embalmed that forensic autopsy was still possible, leading to his murderers conviction.
V8d4 TIL that Queen Elizabeth has reigned for so long, that four out of five UK residents weren’t alive when she ascended the throne in 1953.
W7YV4 TIL Zebras have poor eyesight and ostriches have poor hearing, which led them to form a symbiotic relationship through communicating and warning each other of danger.
15yr TIL in 2009 the US Supreme Court ruled that following conviction, inmates had no constitutional right to obtain access to a State’s evidence for the purpose of exonerating themselves through DNA testing.
Wk9RX TIL that while filming Mimic, director Guillermo del Toro's father was kidnapped. The kidnappers demanded $1 million but del Toro already put all his money into the movie. James Cameron came in and gave him the $1 million in cash while also recommending a negotiator.