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TIL that North Korean "ghost ships" having been washing up on Japan's western coast usually containing dead bodies or skeletons on board.

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l7jV1 TIL that the first fax line in the world was established 11 years before the first phone line.
XEWBr TIL that koalas have a smooth brain that lack higher level recognition and understanding that many other animals have. If you gather Eucalyptus leaves and put it in front of them, they won’t know what to do with it.
l4QK TIL of the My Lai Massacre, where a company of American soldiers killed over 500 civilians of My Lai on March 16, 1968. The incident was covered up for over a year and only one man was convicted.
N7baN TIL the European Union banned the marketing of products as "superfood" unless accompanied by an authorized health claim supported by factual scientific evidence
nepDb TIL That due to some missing paperwork, Ohio wasn't legally a state until 1953. 150 years after the Ohio constitution was presented to congress.