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TIL that DNA has a 521-year half-life

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nrOo TIL Paul Hogan (the actor of “Crocodile Dundee”) lost $32 million because when he wanted to hide his money in offshore tax havens his tax adviser duped him. His money lies untouched in Switzerland since the 1980s
b9lP4 TIL Human echolocation is completely real. Daniel Kish is a blind man that learned to use clicking to ride a bicycle and hike alone. He also teaches other blind children how to echolocate.
vPe0L TIL of a fox named Rambo in Australia who managed to avoid 10,400 traps, 3,500 poison baits, 73 stakeouts, and 55 days of scent-tracking dogs in an attempt to have him removed from a wildlife conservation area.
BrEgW TIL that Martin Luther King Jr. Day resulted from a campaign by Stevie Wonder and Gil Scott Heron, the musician behind The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
plXe TIL Kim Kardashian was paid to post a selfie on Instagram and Twitter advertising a pharmaceutical product. Sent to 42 million followers on Instagram and 32 million on Twitter, this illegal advertisement did not contain any risk information or language specifying that it was a paid endorsement.