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TIL DNA study confirms Christopher Columbus’s remains are entombed in Seville | Spain

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wYZM TIL Sibel Kekilli, (the actress who plays Shae on Game of Thrones) was a German porn star under the name Dilara, before she was a legitimate actress.
QJNBa TIL that 28 fossils of the largest extinct species of snake were discovered in a coal mine of Columbia. The "Titanoboa" lived about 65 million years ago. The species clocked out at about 48 feet long and weighed roughly 2,500 lb.
16QO7 TIL that the same man, William A. Mitchell, invented Tang, Cool Whip, and Pop Rocks.
e0405 TIL: Hitler never won a majority of the popular vote. The most the Nazis received in a free and fair election was 37% of the popular vote in the July 1932 German federal election.
M7oxA TIL that most of the "baby carrots" we see are large carrots that are placed into a machine, and cut into smaller, uniformly sized pieces. These carrot pieces were then processed, making them more appealing to consumers. It was an innovation made by California carrot farmer Mike Yurosek in 1986.