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TIL: The Mayflower Was Headed for Virginia But Was Blown Off Course

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gM74X TIL Motorboat Racing Has an International Governing Body
5VmB8 TIL that the stationary lifestyle of barnacles makes sexual reproduction difficult, as they cannot leave their shells to mate. To compensate, they evolved to have the largest penis to body size ratio of the animal kingdom: up to eight times their body length.
6oJY TIL that Kyu Sakamoto was the first Asian to have a number one song on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963 with “Sukiyaki”; the only Japanese song to top the chart. Tragically, he died in a plane crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123, the deadliest single-aircraft accident in history.
b9Doj TIL that in 1909, a Jewish man named Jules Fisher took over a Filipino shrimping village in the bayous of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. In time, he would become the president of the parish, a state senator, and an affiliate of Huey Long before dying in office at age 69.
Y7VYW TIL in the US, a private company can prosecute and incarcerate you themselves if they have enough money.