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TIL 90 percent of all large fish have disappeared from the world's oceans in the past half century

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wLMgJ TIL North Koreans built Africa’s tallest statue in Senegal
ZaxR TIL that Ramen (instant noodles) were voted as the greatest Japanese invention of the 20th century.
KN8a TIL that since 2010, Randy Quaid and his wife have been living in Canada under refugee status on the grounds that they fear for their lives in the United States, claiming that numerous actors have died under mysterious circumstances committed by the “Hollywood star whackers”.
WkW9L TIL about Wim Hof the Dutch extreme athlete known as The Iceman. Hof climbed to an altitude of 7,200 metres (23,600 ft) on Mount Everest wearing nothing but shorts and shoes. He also has shared his regimen for battling the cold referred to as The Wim Hof method.
JY4ok TIL that after its infamous explosion in 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant reported a fire in 1991; and it wasn’t until the year 2000 that the power station was fully shut down.