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TIL Someone made a lifejacket for a fish that can’t swim.

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4XNjJ TIL Walt Disney's surviving family has largely been torn apart by a vicious legal battle over the $400 million Disney fortune, which led to newspapers calling them "not the happiest family on Earth."
yQBMM TIL In 2015 a new species of damselfly was discovered in Africa. The scientists who discovered it ended up naming the new species Umma gumma after Pink Floyd's 1969 experimental album Ummagumma.
A6l4 TIL A World Cup qualifying match between Chile and Brazil was canceled after an opposing fan hit the Chilean goalkeeper with a flare. Photos later proved that the flare never touched him; he faked the injury with a hidden razor blade.
rRpnW TIL that almost nothing is known of the social organization or religious beliefs of the people who erected tens of thousands of menhirs (large upright stones) across Europe, Asia and Africa. There is not even any trace of these people's language.
yQ0Jl TIL after the Kent State shootings students often got a hostile reaction upon returning home. Some were told that more students should have been killed to teach student protesters a lesson; some students were disowned by their families.